Malaysia: source-linked stories on projects, data and official announcements. A story is listed when its record names the country; locations are never inferred.
Bank Negara Malaysia launched SSDS+ on 20 October as a platform for issuing, depositing and safekeeping tokenised bonds and sukuk. The system builds on the central bank’s existing scripless securities depository for the wholesale financial market.
Bank Negara Malaysia said on 16 October that its 2026 annual assessment left the designated domestic systemically important banks and their higher loss-absorbency requirements unchanged. The review was based on data as at the end of 2025.
Malaysia’s consumer inflation was 1.8% in September 2026, down from 1.9% in August, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said in its 19 October release. The consumer price index rose to 137.6 from 135.2 in September 2025.
The statistics department reported growth in the overall production index, led by manufacturing and electricity as mining contracted.
