Corruption highly correlated to inflation


KUALA LUMPUR: The heavy emphasis on environmental, social and governance (ESG) standing of countries implies that corruption levels have a high correlation to a country’s inflation and exchange rates today, say analysts.

This is more pertinent and obvious especially for a trading nation such as Malaysia.

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