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Malaysia’s 4th Central Bank Rate Cut of 2020
July 8, 2020
There’s been a central bank interest rate cut in Malaysia, the fourth so far this year. The latest change in the overnight policy rate was a reduction of 25 basis points to 1.75%. Earlier cuts of 25 basis points were enacted in January and March followed by a 50-bp move in May. Bank Negara Malaysia‘s […] More
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U.S. Covid Data Continues to Draw Close Scrutiny from Financial Markets
July 8, 2020
The number of new U.S. Covid-19 cases identified in the past 24 hours once again surpassed 55,000, and there have been about 1000 related deaths, which is twice the number in the prior day. A number of Fed officials have recently pointed to this worrying development as perhaps foreshadowing a leveling off of economic recovery […] More
