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Dr. Mohd Afzanizam says Budget 2025, set for tabling today, is key, with traders likely focusing on next years fiscal deficit targets.

This episode will explores the rationale behind implementing a structured, long-term approach to tax reform in Malaysia. It highlights the need for a framework that spans multiple years to ensure more effective tax policies, prevent economic shocks, and accommodate evolving market dynamics.

Fiscal policy shifts and external risks, such as geopolitical tensions, could still influence the central bank's stance, says Kenanga.

M'sia has not increased tobacco taxes for eight consecutive years, missing critical opportunities to reduce consumption via fiscal measures.

The government is committed to reducing its borrowings within a five-year timeframe to ensure a stronger and sustainable fiscal position.

The ministry said this will boost Malaysia's long-term foreign investor appeal, strengthening the ringgit.

Shan Saeed said more countries are now removing subsidies and move to a more market-driven approach.

BUDI MADANI will benefit 700,000 diesel vehicle owners in total, covering about half of active diesel vehicles in Peninsular Malaysia.

Kristalina Georgieva stressed three economic priorities on inflation, fiscal buffers, and geopolitical fragmentation.

The plant completed the fourth and final round of discharge for the current fiscal year ending in March.

Fiscal policy remains best poised as the most effective macro-economic tool to mitigate the impact from the RM's depreciation.

Fahmi Fadzil said Malaysia recorded a three per cent GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2023, despite facing challenges.

The US House of Representatives passed bipartisan tax relief legislation, which would reform the child tax credit and other fiscal policies, reported Sputnik.

US coffee chain operator Starbucks reported record consolidated net revenues of US$9.4 billion in its 13-week fiscal first quarter 2024.

Petronas would like to export gas from Suriname's Block 52 to either Europe or the Americas using FLNG, said Zamri Baseri.

Teenagers and young adults are becoming prime targets for a new wave of cyber scams, a trend raising alarm bells across Southeast Asia.

Before global leaders address plastic pollution, a Japanese manicurist highlights the issue by incorporating it into her nail designs.

Here's a timeline of events between now and inauguration day.

In Malaysia, over half a million road accidents have been recorded so far this year.

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.

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.

Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.