Upside to EPF’s investment returns


PETALING JAYA: Ongoing uncertainties over the US tariffs and their impact are expected to cloud the Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) investment income performance in the second half of the year (2H25), says Sunway University economics professor Dr Yeah Kim Leng.

Nonetheless, Yeah opined that global financial markets could be buoyed by likely interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve (Fed) and further dollar weakening, thus providing upside to EPF’s investment returns.

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