Bank Negara & OPR: Behind The Scenes

Amy Ghani, Senior Economist, Bank Negara

12-Sep-24 09:30

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Our central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, is in charge of adjusting the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR), but what is the OPR? How does it work, and how does the central bank decide whether to increase, decrease, or maintain the OPR? Amy Ghani, Senior Economist at Bank Negara reveals some of the inner workings of our central bank regarding monetary policy.

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Produced by: Wong Shou Ning

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning

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Categories: economy, markets

Tags: monetary policy decision, bank negara, overnight policy rate,

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