[COLUMNIST] Budget 2024 - new financing models
Fiscal consolidation and sustainability necessitates indirect/secondary fiscal injection not only via PPP but also fiscal decentralisation.
Thu Nov 16 2023
Budget 2023: Tax incentives for ACE, LEAP listings to catalyse entrepreneurship
The Budget 2023 commits to fiscal consolidation with further reduction in budget deficit to GDP ratio to 5% this year and to 3.2% by 2025.
Fri Feb 24 2023
Malaysia announces tighter 2023 Budget as it warns of slowing growth
The 2023 Budget aims to provide favourable conditions and ensure a balance between economic needs and fiscal consolidation.
Fri Oct 07 2022
S&P revision of Malaysia's rating outlook shows confidence in fiscal consolidation efforts - Mustapa
Despite facing various challenges, Malaysia has been able to maintain an encouraging growth rate.
Tue Jun 28 2022
The 12th Malaysia Plan and new ways of raising funding sources
A premature fiscal consolidation, therefore, is tantamount to placing the economy under a form of quasi-austerity.
Sat Oct 02 2021
Govt remains committed to fiscal consolidation objective
The government remains committed to its fiscal consolidation objective through medium term revenue strategy and medium term fiscal framework.
Wed Apr 07 2021
Affordable housing as key to sustained fiscal consolidation
It's almost as if that healthcare is implicitly and by default treated like a basic human right but housing isn't.
Mon Dec 21 2020
Affordable housing as key to sustained fiscal consolidation
A stable housing market in the form of affordable housing facilitated and enabled by land price stability implies less debt leverage.
Wed Dec 16 2020
Fiscal deficit reduction - is there a magic number?
Fiscal consolidation will be very difficult to achieve if a bleak and gloomy economic outlook is to be on-going and persist.
Tue Nov 03 2020
Budget 2018 a responsible budget inclusive in nature while committed to fiscal consolidation - Charon
Khazanah Research Institute welcomes Budget 2018's breadth and depth of coverage.
Sat Oct 28 2017
Budget 2017 to support growth amid slower fiscal consolidation: RAM Ratings
RAM Ratings expects Budget 2017 to remain supportive due to the weak external environment and slower GDP growth.
Mon Oct 17 2016
Malaysian govt's fiscal consolidation to remain intact, says Moody's
Malaysia's fiscal consolidation trend will remain intact this year due to the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax and the reduction of energy subsidies, says Moody's Investors Service.
Fri Oct 23 2015
Nation's economic transformation must continue - Najib
Najib said measures such as fiscal consolidation and subsidy rationalisation, including the GST., must be carried out prudently.
Tue Apr 15 2014
Nazir Razak compliments Najib Razak's Budget 2014
The government has correctly prioritised fiscal consolidation, restraining expenditure in its Budget for 2014, said Datuk Seri Nazir Razak.
Sat Oct 26 2013
Pro-Palestinian NGOs seek court order to stop Dutch arms exports to Israel
The Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a duty to take all reasonable measures at its disposal to prevent genocide.
Sat Nov 23 2024
How quickly can Trump's Musk-led efficiency panel slash US regulations?
Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.
Sat Nov 23 2024
2TM: Consultations on PTPTN loans, admission to IPTA at MOHE booth
Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.
Sat Nov 23 2024
Kampung Tanjung Kala residents affected by flooded bridge every time it rains heavily
Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.
Sat Nov 23 2024
COP29 climate summit draft proposes rich countries pay $250 billion per year
The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Bomb squad sent to London's Gatwick Airport after terminal evacuation
This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Kelantan urges caution amidst northeast monsoon rains
Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern receives UN leadership award
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.
Fri Nov 22 2024
ICC'S arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant an apt decision - PM
The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Fri Nov 22 2024
KTMB provides two additional ETS trains for Christmas, school holidays
KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.
Fri Nov 22 2024