Treasury deputy secretary-general (policy) Zakiah Jaafar said the RM150 billion PEMULIH involves an additional direct fiscal injection of RM10 billion, which will obviously impact the government’s fiscal position.
KUALA LUMPUR: The implementation of the National People’s Well-Being and Economic Recovery Package (PEMULIH) is expected to have an impact on the government’s fiscal situation and a new fiscal deficit target will be made when the effects of the current Movement Control Order (MCO) on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are announced in August.
Treasury deputy secretary-general (policy) Zakiah Jaafar said the RM150 billion PEMULIH involves an additional direct fiscal injection of RM10 billion, which will obviously impact the government’s fiscal position.
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