Utter Economics

Structural changes needed in the way we use our human resource

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Market sensitive labour demand is a skills gap When 2009 rolled in there were genuine concerns over the impending retraction of Malaysia's economy. Jobs, especi...

Turning Points: Ups and downs of Penang’s economy

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IntroductionWe take keen interest on economic news only because we realise that recessions have a way of creeping up on us and messing up whatever big plans w...

The fine art of estimating economic health

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IntroductionWhen reports say that the economy is growing at six per cent, this number is the change in the real (i.e. adjusted for inflation) gross domestic p...

Penang’s Investment Numbers

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Introduction“There are no free rides” as the saying goes. To have output and growth, we need to make investments. Sir Roy Harrod in 1939 and Evsey...

Rising Commodity Prices – Alarm Bells For Malaysia?

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INTERNATIONAL BODIES INCLUDING the G-20, the FAO, the IEA, the IMF and the IBRD are worried1. These agencies rang the alarm bells recently, stating that risin...

Herbert Poenisch

Reading The Numbers: The Bank Negara Report 2010

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THE BANK NEGARA REPORT on the economic performance of the nation in 2010 was released in March 2011. To date, SERI is the only Malaysian institution that analys...