Following Bank Negara Malaysia's (BNM) decision on Thursday (March 9) to keep the overnight policy rate (OPR) unchanged for the second time this year, some economists say the central bank will continue to adopt a cautious approach on interest rates going forward.

He said the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has signalled through the Budget 2023 that the government is moving in the direction of helping the poor and expecting the high income earners to contribute.  

The revised national Budget 2023 tabled by the 10th Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today unveiled the biggest ever allocation of RM388.1 billion, an upward revision from the RM372.3 billion budget announced on Oct 7, 2022.

The  Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) Malaysia supports the revamped Budget 2023 tabled today, which includes the measures aiming to assist the rakyat, while ensuring an inclusive and sustainable economic growth, its president Datuk NK Tong said.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said his administration is reviewing the Mass Rapid Transit 3 (MRT3) project, and is confident of achieving further savings and bringing down the price tag to under RM45 billion, from RM50 billion announced by the previous government.

The country faces five core challenges in its domestic economy — a debt level that is too high, a decline in quality of administration, global economic uncertainties, a slow recovery in investments to pre-pandemic levels, and the impact of economic challenges on the rakyat — said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

The number of charging stations stood at 900 units in 2022, an increase of 51% from 2020.

LBS Bina Group Bhd today announced its wish list for Budget 2023 that will be tabled on Feb 24.

Retailers and hoteliers are urging the government to provide commercial users a moratorium till end-2023 on the newly implemented electricity surcharge — which has been upped to 20 sen per kWh since the start of this year from 3.7 sen per kWh throughout 2022 — so that their businesses can first recover from the pandemic's impact.

Its Real Estate Market Sentiment Survey 2022/2023 shows that most respondents feel the market will improve in 2023, with a more promising outlook on the secondary market.