Malaysia preemptively and unexpectedly hiked interest rates by 25bps with three more meetings scheduled for the rest of the year. Julia Goh, Senior Economist at UOB Malaysia, fields questions on the outlook for the local currency, additional rate hikes, inflation, growth and fund flows. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

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