RM76 a month after expenses

The ringgit advanced about 0.2 percent to 3.998 to the dollar, breaking the psychologically significant 4 level

PETALING JAYA: The average lo­­wer-income household has only a shocking RM76 a month to spare, after household expenses are de­ducted.

Describing the situation as “worrying”, a Khazanah Research Insti­tute (KRI) study showed the real residual household income for households earning less than RM2,000 is a meagre RM76 a month in 2016.