Economic themes to watch this year


Sunway University economics professor Yeah Kim Leng

PETALING JAYA: The revival of domestic demand, expected rate hikes, efficacy of the fiscal policy, environmental, social and governance (ESG) adoption and the emergence of new Covid-19 variants are among the economic themes to be closely monitored that may determine Malaysia’s growth momentum this year.

While most economists are in line with the government’s gross domestic product (GDP) forecasts of between 5.5% and 6.5% for 2022, they noted that certain economic themes may emerge that could impact this projection.

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