KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia raised its key interest rate 25 basis points to 2.25%, its central bank announced on Wednesday, following the U.S. Federal Reserve's move to hike rates amid price spikes and economic recovery from the coronavirus.
The overnight policy rate (OPR) revision announced after the central bank's monetary policy meeting on Wednesday is the first time the bank has consecutively raised the interest rates in over a decade. The bank surprised the market by raising the OPR by 25 basis points to 2.00% in May.
