Showing posts with label Malaysian Economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Malaysian Economy. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

马来西亚股汇崩盘看经济前景

2014年12月2日

不要把信心放在世界的经济,它有一天必全然崩盘!

《启示录》18:1-24 

大巴比伦倾倒
 1 这些事以后,我看见有另一位掌大权柄的天使,从天上降下来,他的荣光照亮了大地。
 2 他用强有力的声音呼喊说:“倾倒了!大巴比伦倾倒了!成了鬼魔的住处,各样污灵的监狱,一切污秽可憎之雀鸟的牢笼,
 3 因为各国都喝她淫乱烈怒的酒醉了;地上的君王与她行淫,世上的商人因她奢华挥霍就发了财。”
 4 我听见另一个声音从天上来,说:“出来吧!我的子民,要从那城出来,免得在她的罪上有分,受她所受的灾难;
 5 因为她的罪恶滔天, 神已经想起她的不义来。
 6 她怎样待人,你们也要怎样待她;照着她所作的,加倍报应她;用她调酒的杯,加倍调给她。
 7 她怎样炫耀自己,怎样奢华挥霍,你们也要怎样给她痛苦悲哀。因为她心里常常说:‘我坐着作女王,我不是寡妇,决不会看见悲哀。’
 8 因此,在一日之内她的灾难必然来到,就是死亡、悲哀和饥荒;她还要在火中被烧掉,因为审判她的主 神是大有能力的。
 9 “地上的众王,就是跟她一同行邪淫、骄奢无度的,看见焚烧她的烟的时候,就必为她痛哭捶胸。
 10 他们因为害怕她所受的痛苦,就远远地站着,说:‘有祸了!有祸了!这大城,巴比伦,这坚固的城啊!一时之间你的审判就来到了!’
 11 “地上的商人也为她悲哀痛哭,因为没有人再买他们的货物:
 12 就是金、银、宝石、珍珠;细麻布、紫色布、丝绸、朱红色布;各样香木,各样象牙制品,各样极贵重的木器、铜器、铁器、大理石制品;
 13 肉桂、豆蔻、香料、香膏、乳香;酒、油、面粉、麦子;牛、羊、马、车、奴仆、人口。
 14 你所贪恋的果子离开你了!一切珍馐美味、华丽的美物,都从你那里消失,再也找不到了!
 15 贩卖这些货物,借着她发了财的商人,因为害怕她受的痛苦,就远远地站着,痛哭悲哀,
 16 说:‘有祸了!有祸了!这大城啊!就是一向穿着细麻布、紫色、朱红色的衣服,佩戴着金子、宝石和珍珠装饰的,
 17 一时之间,这么大的财富竟荡然无存!’”所有船长、旅客、水手,以及凡是靠海谋生的,都远远地站着。
 18 他们看见了焚烧她的烟,就喊叫说:‘有哪一座城能与这大城相比呢?’
 19 他们又把尘土撒在自己头上,痛哭悲哀,喊着说:‘有祸了!有祸了!这大城啊!凡是有船航行海上的,都因这城的财宝发了财;一时之间她竟成了荒场!’
 20 天哪,你要因她欢喜!众圣徒、众使徒、众先知啊,你们也要因她欢喜!因为 神已经在她身上为你们伸了冤。”
 21 有一位大力的天使,把一块好像大磨石一样的石头,举起来拋在海里,说:“巴比伦大城也必这样被猛力地拋下去,决不能再找到了!
 22 弹琴、奏乐、吹笛、吹号的声音,在你中间决不能再听到了!各样手艺技工,在你中间决不能再找到了!推磨的声音,在你中间决不能再听到了!
 23 灯的亮光,在你中间决不能再照耀了!新郎新娘的声音,在你中间决不能再听到了!你的商人一向都是地上的大人物,万国都因你的邪术受了迷惑。
 24 先知、圣徒和地上一切被杀的人的血,都在这城里找到了!”
----------------------------------------------------------

作者:陈亚伦

121日,马来西亚的股汇崩盘,这只是冰山一角,因为按照圣经,这个世界的金融制度有一天会全然崩溃,进入敌基督掌权的时代!

        马币在1997年东亚金融风暴前是1美元兑2.60令吉,我国经济重创以来,经过了17年的挣扎仍然爬不起来。昨日反而重挫贬值1.6%1美元兑3.43令吉。国家领袖经常以低马币使我国出口增加竞争力为借口,见解似是而非。当你韩国金融风暴受创比我国严重,它们必须向国际货币基金局借贷,不过今天它们的进步却走在我国前面19年。因此,竞争力乃在乎国家重视人才的大环境。

        有利出口是在乎商家有何精明经商方法,商家出口以美元对冲货品交易,所以低马币对商家未必有利。我国的公司税比一般贸易对手的国家更高,所以商家只好找对策获得更大盈利。香港公司税比我国低,我国的公司即在香港设立公司,然后把货品通过香港跟其他国家交易。越南,柬普寨等新兴发展中国家给予外资特别低税优惠,我国的公司即在那些国家等设立公司,然后通过该些国家出口。到头来,损失的是我国政府。

        所以,低货币政策并不是增加出口外汇的万灵丹。一个国家货币高,并不等于竞争力被削弱。不防看看邻国新加坡,隔了一条长堤,两国的经济就天渊之别。但回想以前 196070年代两国的货币相等,新加坡还需要靠大马人往那里消费才能生存。我们有否探讨为何今天新加坡的1元币值兑我们2.63令吉,人均收入是我国的五倍吗?

        其实,一国的货币强大乃是一国的尊严,货币须要强大免得被别人白眼对待。新加坡大量进口马来西亚的东西,因着以高货币购入,所以新加坡人在新加坡消费比大马人在大马消费更便宜(别以兑换率来计算)。它们的汽车贵,但因着它们交通四通八达,所以汽车不是必需品。它们的房产贵,但我国的现在也很贵,甚至新加坡人比我们更有能力买房产呢!

        五年来超过60%的货品价和服务费持续涨

        我经常有帮忙家中购物的,每一年就看着物价有增无减。付更高价,乃是因为我们的钱贬值了。尤其是最近三年,人民因为经济疲弱,收入少了,加上物价高而感到更吃力。经济越弱,国家的货币越滑落。三年前一令吉还买到大大粒的苹果,现在一样大小的却要1.50令吉!外国的商家应该笑着跟我国交易,因为以前它们国家的小粒水果是出口至贫穷国家的,现在我国购入很多小粒水果,这意味什么信息?当然只举例水果,五年来我国超过60%的货品价和服务费都持续涨了20%以上。疲弱马币呀,我们的尊严去了哪里?

        而我们去到高币值的国家消费,都叫苦连天,我们的尊严受创。甚至去中国现在已经不便宜呢,我们需要56令吉换100元人民币,我国再不争气的话,或许会来到一天以一令吉兑换1元人民币呢!

        送孩子到先进国留学也痛苦,我看到澳洲的大马留学生,大多数是来自普通的家庭的。不少父母,变卖了房子,再穷也不穷教育!

        我认为大马若经济蓬勃,导致马币强大,策划往高科技工业发展,可早日走入先进国行列。所以,我国有必要检讨我们的政治形态,因为我们需要建设一个拥有竞争力的国家。这没有捷径,需要很多人才配搭。国家兴旺必须靠人才,而人才是藉着不分种族给予公平对待的。这样是治本。假使想通过税务来增加收入的话,那是治标。

        向来领袖依赖石油、棕油、橡胶等原产品出口,缺乏远见,导致现在这些资源没价值,要怎样才救得住经济?如果大马不是因为贪污严重导致债台高筑的话,我们的币值也不会搞到币值疲弱,造成经济衰退。一旦经济衰退的话,人民怎样有好收入?没有好收入又怎样付更多税?因此,我担心一旦明年4月征收消费税的话,恐怕人民的生活品质会进一步削弱。最坏情况是在粮食上节省,那可能导致营养不良,这也是通胀的后遗症,人民的竞争力会因此进一步被削弱!通胀,人民还能够消费算是幸运的了,因为恐怕不是通胀而是变本加厉变成通缩,即说,人民的购买力被削弱,减少消费,整个国家的经济就会萎缩!

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Is Malaysia Asia's Weakest Link?

From missing airplanes to jail-bound opposition leaders, Malaysia has recently made international headlines for all the wrong reasons. Will the nation's economy be next?
That's the thrust of new report from Sarah Fowler of U.K.-based Oxford Economics, which ranks Malaysia the "riskiest country in Asia of those we consider," more so than India, Indonesia and even coup-happy Thailand. On the surface, she points out, all's well: Growth is zooming along at 6.2 percent, the external balance is reasonably sound and political stability reigns. But all's not what it seems. "Prompted by its high levels of public debt, rising external debt and shrinking current account surplus, there has been a shift in the perception of risks towards Malaysia and away from Indonesia," Fowler explains.
Malaysia wasn't included in Morgan Stanley's "fragile five" list of shaky emerging economies last year, as were India and Indonesia. But Fowler scratches at a number of Malaysian vulnerabilities that deserve more attention: external debt levels that in recent years have risen to close to 40 percent of gross domestic product; a higher public debt ratio than India; the biggest short-term capital flows among the 13 major emerging markets Oxford tracks, including Indonesia; and a shrinking current-account surplus.
This last point is still somewhat of a positive. As the mini-crises in developing nations last year demonstrated, a balance-of-payments surplus is a very good thing to have. Also, Malaysia's use of so-called macroprudential policies has succeeded in preventing huge property bubbles of the kind afflicting Singapore and Hong Kong. ButMalaysia's current-account surplus is dwindling, from 16 percent of GDP in 2008 to 3.7 percent last year. And household debt is, to use Fowler's words, "worryingly high" at more than 80 percent of GDP compared to less than 60 percent in 2008.
What really concerns Oxford, and myself, is the complacency factor in Putrajaya. Malaysia is effectively a one-party state, having effectively been ruled by the same party for six decades. Its 40-year-old, pro-Malay affirmative-action program chips away at the country's competitiveness more and more each passing year. The scheme, which disenfranchises Malaysia's Chinese and Indian minorities, is a productivity and innovation killer. It also has a corrupting influence on the political and business culture.
"A climate of entitlement amongst the Malay community limits entrepreneurialism and vested interests within the United Malays National Organization still resist change," Fowler argues.
The need for change is becoming acute, though, as China's dominance grows and neighbors like the Philippines get their acts together. Indians just elected the party of reform-minded Narendra Modi and Indonesians will soon choose a successor for Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a contest that's all about reducing corruption and improving governmental efficiency. And Malaysia? Well, Prime Minister Najib Razak's lackluster party is clinging to power. Meanwhile, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim may soon be in jail again on sodomy charges many see as politically motivated.
The government's handling of Malaysian Air Flight 370 said it all. Its deer-in-the-headlights response to the plane's disappearance was the product of an insular political culture. The trouble is, that insularity is holding back a resource-rich economy that should be among Asia's superstars, not its weakest links.
To contact the writer of this article: William Pesek at wpesek@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this article: Nisid Hajari at nhajari@bloomberg.net
Source: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-06-05/is-malaysia-asia-s-weakest-link