Summary
IN the second part of this article, we went through two key issues when
discussing the Malaysian economy: export performance and the ringgit peg.See the full content of this document
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Mission: To Balance the Budget
Another closely related topic that often takes centrestage among foreign
investors is the budget deficit.The reason is obvious: Malaysia's budget deficit is among the largest inSoutheast Asia in terms of its ratio to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).The negative budget gap, which started in 1998, occurs as a result of anexpansion of government spending (pump-priming) coupled with a reductionin revenue following the recession experience...See the full content of this document
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