KUALA LUMPUR: The government is committed to resume its fiscal consolidation efforts once the economic conditions stabilise, finance minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz said.
His statement today came after the government announced a series of economic stimulus packages that totalled RM260bil to cushion the economy against the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Despite the sizeable fiscal outlay in the economic stimulus packages, the government’s commitment towards fiscal discipline has not wavered,” he said.
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