Friday, October 9, 2026

Budget 2027: Can Growth Outrun Subsidy?

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A pre-Budget framework for assessing growth, fiscal discipline and the cost of protecting households. The arithmetic facing Budget 2027, to ...
Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Budget Day? I’ll Read About It Tomorrow

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I confess. I have stopped watching the live Budget presentation. Not because I have lost interest in the country's finances. Quite the o...
Monday, October 5, 2026

When Bankers Become Power Brokers

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The Uncanny Parallel Between J.P. Morgan and Tun Daim History occasionally produces two men separated by an ocean, a century and vastly diff...
Monday, September 28, 2026

What Modern Economics Can Learn from Prophet Yusuf

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Khalilah Dato' Mohd Talha's reflection, Was Prophet Yusuf the World's First Economist? , is more than an interesting observation...
Friday, September 25, 2026

All the tough talk at UNGA, yet the market takes a different cue

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  The theme of The Edge HSBC Pre Budget 2027 Roundtable discussion was the challenges to the fiscal consolidation coming from external uncer...
Saturday, September 19, 2026

Beyond the Debt Blame Game: Malaysia Needs an Honest Conversation

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The national debt is approaching RM1.4 trillion. Yes, it is large. Yes, it deserves scrutiny.  But Malaysia needs something more useful than...
Monday, September 14, 2026

The Middle East Shock Returns: What It Means for Malaysia and Budget 2027

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For a brief moment, Malaysia appeared to have gained some breathing space on the fuel subsidy front. The feared explosion in the government...