Economy and Finance

Economy and Finance
EMIR Research response to DNB’s 5G voyage of semantics acrobatics

”Unanswerable” questions to DNB remain unanswered.
By Rais Hussin

4 years ago
Economy and Finance
Will anyone commit to enacting political financing laws?

Decades of failure to enact necessary reforms to meaningfully empower a law on political financing points to the firm strangle that money has on politicians from all sides.
By Ameen Kamal

4 years ago
Economy and Finance
EPF in a low interest rate environment

There’s simply no correlation between higher returns and higher rate of interest at all (when considering investment decisions).
By Jason Loh

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Malaysian 5G Rollout “Unanswerable” Questions

DNB's inability to answer critical questions exposes its weak propositions.
By Rais Hussin and Margarita Peredaryenko

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Monetary policy need not be tied to interest rate manipulation

Inflation as “transitory” means dependent on the phasing out of the supply-chain bottlenecks and supply-side shocks.
By Tze Yong Tan

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Gradual reopening of international borders would be the best way for Malaysia moving forward

Collective action from both government and citizens would minimise the exhaustion of national health resources and economic damages.
By Amanda Yeo

4 years ago
Economy and Finance
Is Malaysia’s position in the Global Opportunity Index 2022 realistic?

Malaysia’s relative position in the Global Opportunity Index 2022 appears to be good but must be critically and realistically evaluated.
By Rais Hussin and Ameen Kamal

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Malaysian 5G Rollout — Exhibit “A” for Misplaced Solution

DNB proposition is even more questionable when the same vector of goals it claims to achieve can be solved in a more efficient and straightforward manner.
By Rais Hussin and Margarita Peredaryenko

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Deconstructing 5G Rollout in Malaysia — Part 2

Digital National Berhad is yet to prove providing a synergistic win-win arrangement with respect to the cost-benefit for all stakeholders direly needed by Malaysia.
By Rais Hussin, Margarita Peredaryenko and Jason Loh

4 years ago
Economy and Finance
Make rescuing children from poverty an urgent policy priority

We should attach equal importance to child poverty as with other critical issues such as climate change, economic growth models and women’s empowerment.
By Tze Yong Tan

4 years ago

”Unanswerable” questions to DNB remain unanswered.

Decades of failure to enact necessary reforms to meaningfully empower a law on political financing points to the firm strangle that money has on politicians from all sides.

There’s simply no correlation between higher returns and higher rate of interest at all (when considering investment decisions).

DNB's inability to answer critical questions exposes its weak propositions.

Inflation as “transitory” means dependent on the phasing out of the supply-chain bottlenecks and supply-side shocks.

Collective action from both government and citizens would minimise the exhaustion of national health resources and economic damages.

Malaysia’s relative position in the Global Opportunity Index 2022 appears to be good but must be critically and realistically evaluated.

DNB proposition is even more questionable when the same vector of goals it claims to achieve can be solved in a more efficient and straightforward manner.

Digital National Berhad is yet to prove providing a synergistic win-win arrangement with respect to the cost-benefit for all stakeholders direly needed by Malaysia.

We should attach equal importance to child poverty as with other critical issues such as climate change, economic growth models and women’s empowerment.