Bank Negara Malaysia Annual Report 2008

PEN: 03/09/10 (BN)

EMBARGO: Not for publication or broadcast before 1800 hours, Wednesday 25 March 2009

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The complete book [PDF 10M]

Statutory Requirement [PDF 30K]
Board of Directors & Senior Officers [PDF 413K]
Governor's Statement [PDF 807K]
Contents [PDF 407K]

Chapter 1: Economic Developments in 2008 [PDF 2M]

• White Box : Patterns of Investment in Countries at Different Stages of Development [PDF 88K]
• White Box : Impact of Developments in Commodity Prices [PDF 282K]
• White Box : External Resilience: An International Balance Sheet Perspective [PDF 282K]
• White Box : Development of Small and Medium Enterprises [PDF 282K]

Chapter 2: Monetary and Financial Conditions [PDF 3M]

Chapter 3: Monetary Policy in 2008 [PDF 847K]

• White Box : Core Inflation: Measurements and Evaluation [PDF 88K]
• White Box : Monetary Policy Communication in Malaysia [PDF 282K

Chapter 4: Outlook and Policy [PDF 733K]

• White Box : Potential Output of the Malaysian Economy [PDF 79K]
• White Box : Foreign Exchange Administration of Malaysia [PDF 62K]

Chapter 5: Governance, Communications and Organisational Development [PDF 740K]
Chapter 6: Annual Financial Statements [PDF 899K]

• Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2008 [PDF 78K]

Annex [PDF 129K]

Contents

1. Foreign Exchange Administration Policies [PDF 452K]

Key Economic and Financial Statistics

National Account
A.1 Gross Domestic Product by Kind of Economic Activity in Constant 2000 Prices [PDF 35K]
A.2 Growth in Manufacturing Production (2005=100) [PDF 23K]
A.3 Production of Primary Commodities [PDF 17K]
A.4 GNP by Demand Aggregates[PDF 20K]
A.5 Savings-Investment Gap [PDF 18K]
A.6 Labour Market: Selected Indicators [PDF 27K]
A.7 Private Consumption Indicators  [PDF 25K]
A.8 Private Investment Indicators [PDF 25K]

External Sector
A.09 Balance of Payments [PDF 26K]
A.10 Gross Exports [PDF 26K]
A.11 Exports of Primary Commodities [PDF 16K]
A.12 Principal Markets for Manufactured Exports [PDF 23K]
A.13 Principal Export Markets for Electronics [PDF 22K]
A.14 Principal Export Markets for Electrical Products [PDF 23K]
A.15 Principal Export Markets for Chemicals and Chemical Products [PDF 23K]
A.16 Principal Export Markets for Palm Oil [PDF 17K]
A.17 Principal Export Markets for Rubber [PDF 17K]
A.18 Principal Export Markets for Crude Oil [PDF 17K]
A.19 Principal Export Markets for LNG [PDF 25K]
A.20 External Debt and Debt Servicing [PDF 25K]

Monetary and Financial Indicators
A.21 Consumer Price Index [PDF 25K]
A.22 Producer Price Index [PDF 16K]
A.23 Broad Money (M3) [PDF 16K]
A.24 Money Supply: Annual Change and Growth Rates [PDF 22K]
A.25 Interest Rates (%) [PDF 22K]
A.26 Movements of the Ringgit [PDF 22K]
A.27 Housing Credit Institutions [PDF 22K]
A.28 Outstanding Housing Loans [PDF 22K]
A.29 Approved Housing Loans [PDF 22K]
A.30 Financing of the Economy [PDF 22K]

Public Finance
A.31 Consolidated Public Sector Finance [PDF 22K]

Selected International Economic Indicators
A.32 Major Industrial Countries: Key Economic Indicators [PDF 24K]
A.33 East Asia: Key Economic Indicators [PDF 17K]