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Economist Nazari ismail says government debt plus guarantees are now more than RM1 trillion and they may be forced to introduce GST to reduce burden

Professor Datuk Dr Rajah Rasiah during the Wacana English Edition session. (Picture by ASRIL ASWANDI SHUKOR)

German Ambassador to Malaysia Dr Peter Blomeyer. Picture by ASRIL ASWANDI SHUKOR

A protestor kneels down along in an ongoing anti-government demonstration outside the President's office in Colombo on April 27,2022, demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis. - AFP

UN Secretary-General António Guterres says the Ukraine crisis could plunge up to 1.7 billion people, into poverty and hunger. Wires pic

Economic expert from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Putra Business School Associate Professor Dr Ahmed Razman Abdul Latiff said the country’s economic growth is expected to increase by three per cent in the next round of special withdrawals from the EPF, only if contributors spent it on basic needs.

Malaysian economy will be driven by recovery in domestic demand and expansion in exports, World Bank report says.

Malaysia should urgently reform its social protection system to ensure the people would not face serious financial hardship in the future, said Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus. - 123RF Photo

Malaysia is on the right track to achieve its gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection for this year with the reopening of its international borders starting next week says Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economy) Mustapa Mohamed. - Bernama Photo

Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry (Miti) and Gombak MP Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali during the Dewan Negara sitting at the Parliament building, on Thursday. - BERNAMA