Najib: Government ensuring national debt remains manageable


A file picture of Najib delivering the Budget 2017 speech in Parliament.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government is committed to ensure national expenditure does not exceed 55% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) so national debt remains at a manageable level.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak assured lawmakers that the national debt was still manageable, and Malaysia is portrayed as a nation with moderate debt levels.

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