Malaysia’s central bank left its policy rate unchanged at 3.0% today, but the more hawkish tone of the statement suggests that monetary policy tightening may soon come back onto the agenda. We now expect BNM to hike rates by 25bp, possibly as early as its next meeting in January.
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