“It is less assuring for investors and market confidence for the prime minister and the finance minister to be from the same political party. This is given that the financial scandals associated with the party remain unresolved,” said Dr Yeah Kim Leng, senior fellow at the Jeffrey Cheah Institute of Southeast Asia

In a report, Maybank Investment Bank Research has kept its full-year growth target at 4.2% for now, given the “fluid 2H2021 outlook on containment measures, politics and GDP”. 

Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz: It is important for everyone to remain united and focused on the task at hand by looking at the bigger picture. It is like we are on a flight, and the plane suffers some technical problems that need to be fixed in mid-air to avoid a crash. Instead of focusing on ensuring everyone's safe landing, the crew bicker about changing the pilot instead. Imagine us the Rakyat as passengers on that flight — how do we feel?

The rating agency expects gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 4.5% in 2021 and 6.3% in 2022, as the output gap narrows and the vaccine roll-out gathers pace, which should allow the services sector to benefit from pent-up demand.

With the recent stimulus packages that we have announced, I believe the deficit will go up to 6.5 to 7 per cent, said the Finance Minister.

The analysts retained their gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecasts at 4.4% for 2021 and 4.7% for 2022.

Location is Cheras’ biggest advantage as the KL portion of Cheras is about 6km from the KL city centre. It also offers various housing choices that meet different buyers’ needs and budgets.

... supported by the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, a more stable business environment, and accommodative policies.

The statutory debt level is currently at 58% of GDP, nearing the 60% ceiling.

“Similarly, the government would also be looking at the tax treatment, zero-rating exemption and setting the right threshold for businesses to register."