Bank Negara maintains OPR at 3%, as expected


KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the overnight policy rate (OPR) unchanged at 3% during its meeting on Thursday.

The move met market expectations as a Reuters poll of economists showed all 27 economists had projected the central bank would leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged.

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