Graduate unemployment (and under-employment) – part of our structural growth challenge

Previously, EMIR Research article, “From regulatory incentive to fiscal incentive” (Aug 3) urged the government to increase direct fiscal injection from RM83bil to RM150 bil. The increase is needed in order to further stimulate the economy and push up the growth figure.

And not least address our unemployment challenges which may become structural or in-built (i.e., long-term and permanent, regardless of business cycle) – which definitively includes graduate and youth unemployment (and under-employment).