BANK Negara governors seldom give interviews. Which makes those they had granted in the past rather easy to recall. Sitting down with the present governor, Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, with other colleagues last week and listening to her speak about what the Malaysian economy is going through now somehow brought back memories of the devastating Asian financial crisis, which began in 1997. She was the central banks chief economist in charge of reserves and foreign exchange at the time.
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