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Budget measures to spur investment, employment

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Like the snake-and-ladder board game, after a steady climb in the global competitiveness ranking to 18th position last year from 25th position in 2012, the recently released Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017 by the World Economic Forum (WEF) shows Malaysia’s ranking had slid back to where i

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More economic forecasting bodies needed to aid policymakers, says economist

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