Malaysia to Miss Fiscal Deficit Target This Year, BMI Says
Malaysia's budget gap will narrow to 4% of gross domestic product from 4.1% last year, BMI said in a report. That misses the official target of 3.8% of GDP and will delay policymakers' goal of bringing down the deficit to 3% by 2028, it added.
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