Tengku Zafrul: Talk of global recession premature, unwarranted


PUTRAJAYA: Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz today gave assurance that Malaysia is on track to meet the economic growth target of between 5.3 and 6.3 per cent this year while calling talk of a global recession "premature and unwarranted”.

Speaking to the media at the ministry’s open house, he said Malaysia's economic growth would be supported by the government's expansionary fiscal policy as well as accommodative monetary policy.

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