KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is expected to put a raft of populist measures into the 2017 budget he unveils on Friday.
The budget will be Najib's best opportunity to shore up support before possible early polls, but any widening of the fiscal deficit at a time the economy is cooling could risk downgrades to Malaysia’s sovereign rating.
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