Malaysia : Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation.

The IMF staff report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation focuses on Malaysia's economic developments and policies. The IMF report discusses that continued growth in domestic demand, especially investment, and a pickup in external demand should help maintain robust growth going forward despite...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2014/080
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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Summary:The IMF staff report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation focuses on Malaysia's economic developments and policies. The IMF report discusses that continued growth in domestic demand, especially investment, and a pickup in external demand should help maintain robust growth going forward despite the fiscal tightening. Amidst concerns about Malaysia's public finances and sharp narrowing of the external surplus in spring-summer of 2013, authorities have taken timely action to secure fiscal sustainability and assure markets. It suggests that authorities' decisions in 2013 are close to a fiscal policy breakthrough aiming to contain federal debt and related fiscal risks.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (93 pages)
Format:Mode of access: Internet
ISSN:1934-7685
Access:Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students