PETALING JAYA: After doing the heavy lifting over the past two years with a raft of new taxes and the politically risky targeted fuel subsidy system, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has shifted to consolidation without squeezing.
Budget 2026 was a deft balancing act, one that tightens fiscal screws while still sweetening the ground ahead of the 16th General Election – which will be held any time before early 2028.
