BATU KAWAN: It is a good sign for the economy that the unemployment rate has declined to 4.9% in June from a record high of 5.3% in May.
However, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter would still largely depend on the country’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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