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	April 2008 issue
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Last Update: 10:30am 12 May 2008, Manila
*Change from previous close

Govt. Bonds	Latest Yield	YTD		MTD
3Y Govt. Security MYR	3.480		15		1
5Y Govt. Security MYR	3.530		25		1
10Y Govt. Security MYR	3.820		32		3
20Y Govt. Security MYR	4.280		28		3
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Currencies	Latest Rate	YTD		MTD
MYR per USD	3.155		0.015		0.015
MYR per JPY	0.030		0.685		0.685
MYR per EUR	4.911		0.109		0.109
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Commodities	Latest Price	YTD		MTD
Rubber (MYR/kg)	979.500		9850.000		1200.000
Palm Oil (USD/tonne)	1200.000		25800.000		0.000
Brent Crude Oil (USD/barrel)	122.980		2930.000		968.000
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Stock Indices	Latest Value	YTD		MTD
KLSE Composite	1290.160		15487.000		1407.000
Nikkei 225	13632.040		167574.000		41722.000
S&P 500	1388.280		8008.000		2998.000
NASDAQ	2445.520		20676.000		3779.000
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Interest Rates	Latest Rate	YTD		MTD
3M KLIBOR MYR	3.610		0.000		0.000
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Policy Rates	Latest Policy	YTD		MTD
Overnight Policy Rate	3.500		0.000
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Data primarily supplied by Reuters Limited.
Selected data used with the permission of Bloomberg.

Economic Indicators

Indicator	Data	Freq.	Date
Nominal GDP	131 USD bln	Annual	2005
GDP Growth YOY	7.34 %	Quarterly	Q4/07
Inflation YOY	2.6 %	Monthly	Mar 08
Per Capita Income	4,520 USD	Annual	2004
Int'l Reserves	124.1 USD bln	Monthly	Apr 08
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