Limited options to raise revenue

Lower prices: Workers connect drill bits and drill collars, used to extract natural petroleum in Texas, United States. This year, oil prices are down 19.7 based on oil prices at US55 per barrel. Next year, the forecast is US48. - Bloomberg

IF anybody thought this year was a difficult budget year for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, next year could be even worse if the external economic environment does not change.

The reason is that there are limited options for the Government to increase its revenue next year or even the year after.