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Chief Secretary of Treasury Datuk Johan Mahmood Merican

A worker cleans the lines of a cooling tower at an ice factory on a hot summer day in Karachi on May 29, 2025. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)

MGB Berhad Group Executive Chairman, Tan Sri Dr Lim Hock San

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul, who is also the 46th Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (Aipa) president during a press conference after the Asean Leaders Interface with Aipa representatives session in conjunction with the 46th AseanSummit at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre today. Also present was Aipa secretary-general Siti Rozaimeriyanty Abdul Rahman (left). - Photo by Bernama

People visit the Xiaomi stand during the 21st Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre in Shanghai on April 25, 2025. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

The aerial photo taken on May 13, 2025 shows containers waiting to be transported at a port in Suzhou, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP)

BNM Monetary Policy Committee has maintained the overnight policy rate at 3.0 per cent. FILE PIX

Although the OPR is expected by many to stay at 3.0 per cent, some economists see a possible 25 basis points cut by Bank Negara Malaysia as pre-emptive support against the potential downside risks of the American tariffs.

A woman shops for items at a Costco store on April 28, 2025 in Alhambra, California. Global stocks were steady on April 28 as investors welcomed the absence of further trade war escalation over the weekend and as countries seek to temper US President Donald Trump's tariffs. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)