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Rethinking Malaysian Income Brackets

Zouhair Mohd Rosli, Senior Researcher, DM Analytics

06-Jun-23 07:45

Rethinking Malaysian Income Brackets

The annual Knight Frank Wealth Report showed that Malaysia is among the top 10 countries with the fastest-growing population of ultra-rich individuals, defined as having net wealth of at least 30 million US dollars. We discuss with Zouhair Mohd Rosli, Senior Researcher, DM Analytics whether this is a symptom of a widening wealth gap and the implications for policy.


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Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Mark Tan, Wong Shou Ning


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