Selangor Journal
A general view of Bank Negara Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, on July 31, 2019. — Picture by REUTERS

Short-term rates set to remain stable on BNM’s operations

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — Short-term rates are expected to remain stable today on Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) operations to absorb surplus liquidity from the financial system.

Liquidity is estimated at RM44.99 billion in the conventional system and RM34.80 billion in Islamic funds.

Today, the central bank will conduct a conventional money market tender amounting to RM1 billion for seven days and one commodity murabahah programme (CMP) of RM1 billion for 33 days.

It has also announced the availability of reverse repo, sale and buy-back agreements, and collateralised commodity murabahah facilities for tenors of one to three months.

At 4pm, BNM will conduct a conventional overnight tender of up to RM43.0 billion and a RM32.8 billion murabahah overnight tender.

— Bernama

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