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Deputy Director of Research at KRI, Hawati Abdul Hamid and associate professor at Putra Business School Dr. Ahmed Razman provide their insights on the EPF Special Withdrawal facility and how it impacts the economic outlook for Malaysians.

CHERNIHIV, UKRAINE - APRIL 9: A view of a residential building destroyed as a result of shellfire a few weeks ago, on April 9, 2022 in Chernihiv, Ukraine. (Source Soro Anastasia Vlasova)

The traffic situation at the Sungai Besi Toll Plaza on April 2 this year round 3pm. (Source: BERNAMA)

Positively, bailouts can be a considered remedy to save companies and industries whose demise might have dire metastatic consequences for the economy referred to as “systemic significance”. ​​​​​​​However, not all bailouts have the same circumstances and conditions according to the writers. - 123RF Photo

PTPTN informed that from Nov 1, 2021 to Feb 28, this year, a total of 367,433 borrowers had enjoyed the repayment incentive with the total discount given being RM112.4 million. - BERNAMA Pic

Protestors take part in a demonstration against the surge of prices and shortage of fuel and other essential commodities at the entrance of the president's office in Colombo on April 4, 2022. - AFP

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.

No Pakistan prime minister has ever completed a full term, and Imran Khan was facing the biggest challenge to his rule since being elected in 2018, with opponents accusing him of economic mismanagement and bungling foreign policy. Pic wires

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan raises his arms at a rally in the capital on March 27. Khan is fighting for his political life after the opposition raised a no-confidence vote against him in the National Assembly. - AFP Photo

People wait in queue with empty cans to buy fuel at a fuel pumping station amid a fuel shortage in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 2, 2022. - EPA