Don: Budget to buffer against slower growth


BUDGET 2019 is a pro-growth planner that should help buffer Malaysia against next year’s projected global economic slowdown, says an economics professor.

Sunway University Business School’s Prof Dr Yeah Kim Leng said the forecast by Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng was largely in line with current external developments.

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