Use of capital controls and evolution of capital control regime -- Exports and competitiveness -- Financial sector issues -- Issues in corporate restructuring -- Fiscal policy in Malaysia -- Monetary and exchange rate policy options
Summary
This Selected Issues paper analyzes the use of capital controls and evolution of the capital control regime in Malaysia. The paper highlights that following a period of strong downward pressures on the ringgit, the Malaysian authorities introduced on September 1, 1998 a wide range of capital controls along with pegging the exchange rate at RM 3.8 vis-à-vis the U.S. dollar. The paper provides a brief review of Malaysia's approach to capital account liberalization prior to September 1998. It also reviews the circumstances surrounding the imposition of the controls in September 1998, and their impact
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