‘Timely measures kept economy afloat’

SWIFT measures by the government to revive the economy has earned the thumbs up from economists.

Divided over private vaccine plan

PETALING JAYA: Health experts are divided over whether Malaysia’s private healthcare sector should be allowed to procure Covid-19 vaccines for their own clients.

Early signs of weakness in commercial real estate

WITH the release of Malaysian Real Estate Investment Trust (M-REITs) respective fourth quarter results, we are now able to gauge the impact of Covid-19 on commercial real estate assets in terms of valuation as typically all REITs carry out a valuation exercise on their respective investment properties annually.

Maintaining OPR indicates economic recovery confidence

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara’s decision to maintain the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 1.75% at its second Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday suggests that the central bank is confident of economic recovery this year on the back of improving global demand and consumer spending.

Dividend payout a welcomed bonus for Malaysians

PETALING JAYA: Given the devastating effect the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the economy, economists and Malaysians have welcomed the Employees Provident Fund’s dividend payout for 2020. EPF had declared dividends of 5.20% for Conventional Savings and 4.9% for Syariah Savings for 2020, with a total dividend payout of RM47.64bil.

INTERACTIVE: In the midst of the pandemic, many Malaysians are falling out of the labour force

Standing in solidarity with the needy in tough times

AS Malaysians continue to battle the Covid-19 pandemic, flood woes and economic downturn, Sunway City Kuala Lumpur Hotels has embarked on a string of initiatives to help ease the burden faced by the country’s most at-risk communities.

Sunway Education Exploration Month (March 1-April 4)

HEADING towards living in the new norm, we can see changes taking place across all industries. The education sector has risen to the occasion stronger than many by embracing the virtual world and making use of technology to reach out to students everywhere. Pioneering this evolution has been the award-winning Sunway Education Group.

Inflationary expectations on the rise

Why is there inflation when there is supposed to be none? Hence, today’s piece about the outlook on inflation

Demand upswing seen

Export-oriented tech, commodity firms to benefit