Fiscal challenges await PM


The people’s PM: Anwar meeting well-wishers at Precinct 8, Putrajaya, before Friday prayers. — KAMARUL ARIFFIN/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim beat his political challenges and now the Prime Minister will have to face a horde of fiscal ones.

These include bread-and-butter issues such as inflation and revitalising the economy, political observers said. The priority is Budget 2023.

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