Shattering The Glass Ceiling Of Debt

P. Gunasegaram, Editorial Consultant, The Vibes

15-Jul-21 07:45

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With a weakening economy and the accumulation of government debt to provide more assistance to the most in need, we speak to P Gunasegaran from the Vibes about what can be done to strike the right balance between maintaining fiscal discipline and providing more aid to the rakyat as the government contemplates to increase its GDP to debt ceiling to 65%.

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