PM: Fitch’s rating shows we’re on the right track


Season to come together Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (right) arriving for a buka puasa event at Sri Satria, the official residence of his deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (centre) and wife Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman (left). The event was also attended by Cabinet ministers, senior government officers and government-linked company representatives.

PETALING JAYA: Fitch’s positive assessment of Malaysia’s credit rating is the “good news” awaited by the Government to show whether its economic reforms are successful.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak described it as firm recog­nition that Malaysia’s econo­mic and financial policy was on the right track.

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