Professional Documents
Culture Documents
in Malaysia
6 July 2010
Auditorium, Bank Negara Malaysia
2.30-4.30pm
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Y = C + I + G + (X-M)
Stanley Fischer
(1993)
Facilitates decision-making
300
7% per year
Nasi Lemak Teh Tarik
250
200
90
Sen
150
70 150
60 120
100
55
45 90
40 75
50 30
20 60
10 50
40
3 30
0 15
5
56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 76-80 81-85 86-90 91-95 96-00 01-05.
Beyond a certain
threshold (kink),
inflation is really
harmful to growth
Kink; 1-3% for
industrial
countries, 7-11%
for emerging
markets
GDP Actual
Cannot
Potential (directly)
Can output influence long-
smooth out run potential
short-term growth of the
fluctuations Time economy
Inflation
and
wages
Time
Minister of Finance
Minister of Finance II
Ultimate
Objective
Intermediate
Target • Achieving
Operating sustainable
Target • No specific growth with
intermediate price stability
Instruments • Average target
Overnight
• Direct borrowing & Interbank Rate
lending (AOIR)
• Issuance of BNM • OPR is target of
bills and notes AOIR
• OMO
• SRR
• Public sector
deposits
Bank Negara
Malaysia
Collateral
Collaterals Money
Eligible Financial
Institutions
Inter-bank
Bank A rates Bank B
Lending Lending
rates rates
O
P
Borrowers R Borrowers
3.6
3.2 Floor rate (OPR -25 bps) of the corridor for the OPR
OPR ↑ 25 bps: 26 Apr 06
2.8
OPR ↓ 25 bps: 24 Nov 08
OPR ↑ 25 bps: 22 Feb 06
2.4
OPR ↑ 30 bps: 30 Nov 05
OPR ↓ 75 bps: 21 Jan 09
2.0
May-06
May-07
May-08
N ov-05
Mar-06
N ov-06
Mar-07
N ov-07
Mar-08
N ov-08
Mar-09
Jul-05
Sep-05
Jan-06
Jul-06
Sep-06
Jan-07
Jul-07
Sep-07
Jan-08
Jul-08
Sep-08
Jan-09
5.00 1.5
2 1.0
4.50
0.5
1.5 4.00
Mar-05
0.0
Mar-06
Mar-07
Mar-08
Mar-09
Mar-10
Sep-05
Sep-06
Sep-07
Sep-08
Sep-09
Mar-05
Mar-06
Mar-07
Mar-08
Mar-09
Mar-10
Sep-05
Sep-06
Sep-07
Sep-08
Sep-09
Retail market
Borrowings & Deposits Wages & Profits
Deposits
Economic
Central Financial Households &
activity &
banks Institutions Businesses
inflation
Collaterals Borrowings Consumption &
Investment
Domesti
c
Credit channel
MP Demand
C+I +G Domestic
actions
Aggregate inflationary
OPR Demand
INFLATION
Asset price channel pressure
House prices, stock prices
Net Changes in the
External output gap
Demand
Expectation channel X-M
Mkt expectn of int rate, yields
1 year 66 months
months –to11year
year
Economic
Growth Interest
Below
Rates
Potential
O
P
Inflation R Loans
Economic
Activity &
Very Low inflation
OPR OPR
OPR hike hike
hike
Risk of financial
imbalances in
Savers maintaining policy
Borrowers
rate for too low and
too long
Monetary
Policy
Independence
Global capital flows are
distorting financial
markets in ways that
make it difficult to judge
Free Exchange the appropriate stance of
Capital Rate monetary policy
Flows Stability
Press
Press Releases
Releases Advance
Advance Schedule
Schedule of
of Outlook
Outlook Chapter
Chapter Governor’s
Governor’s
on
on MPC
MPC MPC
MPC Meetings
Meetings and
and in
in Annual
Annual speeches
speeches & &
Decisions
Decisions Announcements
Announcements Report
Report interviews
interviews
Decision
Regular assessment
of outlook and
economic conditions
Rationale
for decision
End of Presentation