our national debts will balloon to 60 bil 

EY, KPMG n Deloitte gone
Looks like PWC is d best candidate

The next on d line shld b tier 2 auditors

Don't worry the budget 2017 with all its freebies will bring GDP growth up to 8% 😊

not fixed, may be tabled, may not be; if tabled, may be passed, may be rejected.

but it would be logical to think that investors do not like this kind of uncertainty.

Not tat I know of

bnm doesn't have much of an option anyway...reducing rate would be suicide at this point....raising rate will also be killing a lot of businesses and people, who are highly geared...so no brainer staying put....

however, come next month, after the fed raise rates, then they are really in trouble...who to defend?...the myr value and the bigger economy?....or local geared businesses and individuals...many may be malay/umno linked...

the sensible move is raise rates too...debts can be restructured and mitigated...but politically may not be acceptable...

Do you know any other M'sia-centric financial analysts that I can look up?

this is long term hedging NOT currency trading...ie hedging for future use....specifically for children's education...

at that time, there is no local FC accounts, but it is still relatively easy to open accounts overseas...i opened accounts in the usual suspect countries oz, nz when visiting, and have a uk account from the time i was working there....and manage them online remotely...

the cheapest way to transfer is by FC bank drafts....just change at the banks and then post them to the banks overseas to bank in...

if you look at currency charts, there were long periods when aud was below 2, and nzd 1.6....and pounds below 5....whenever i felt it's worth it, and have spare money, just convert, buy a draft and send it over....

in later years, i use dci to convert.....

as late as last 2 years, i had need for a substantial sum of aud, and dci most of it, at still good (compared to now) rates of below 3....

of course i over hedged, so after use for education, etc i still have deposits in these countries, which now becomes valuable...lol

in addition, i have bonds in usd, bought when the usd was about 3.0 to 3.2....