Maybank expects the overnight policy rate (OPR) to increase between 50 and 70 basis points this year in line with signs of an improving economy, its president and chief executive officer, Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar said.
He said the bank also expected gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 4.5 per cent this year and inflation to be at 2.3 per cent.
Abdul Wahid said this at a press conference here today after announcing Maybank's interim results for the half-year financial period ended December 31, 2009.
