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MIDF Research expects the macroeconomic outlook to improve further from the second quarter of 2022 onwards. (Picture source: Sinar Harian)

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BNM has increased the OPR by 25 basis points to 2.00 per cent its third Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting this year. - Photo: BERNAMA

BNM raised its OPR by 25 bps to 2.0 per cent on Wednesday, in a move that surprised market consensus. - Photo: 123rf

BNM has increased the OPR by 25 basis points to 2.00 per cent its third Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting this year. - Photo: 123rf

Pakistan's newly appointed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif

A labourer sleeps on a handcart in front of closed shops in Colombo on April 28, 2022, following a one-day general strike called by trade unions in support of calls for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign over the worsening economic crisis. - AFP

A protestor kneels down along in an ongoing anti-government demonstration outside the President's office in Colombo on April 27,2022, demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis. - AFP

Minister in Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Mustapa Mohamed said the Russian invasion of Ukraine has hampered Malaysia and Thailand’s post-Covid economic recovery as it had led to a surge in the prices of various commodities, especially oil, gas and grains. - Bernama Photo

Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz