Bank Lending Rate in Malaysia increased to 4.98 percent in October from 4.93 percent in September of 2018. Bank Lending Rate in Malaysia averaged 6.43 percent from 1996 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 13.53 percent in May of 1998 and a record low of 4.44 percent in February of 2014.
Bank Lending Rate in Malaysia is expected to be 4.93 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Bank Lending Rate in Malaysia to stand at 5.18 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Malaysia Bank Lending Rate is projected to trend around 5.18 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.