Raise salaries to boost aggregate demand, MIER tells govt

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): The government should focus on raising civil servants' salaries to boost domestic aggregate demand instead of being fixated on price levels when it comes to addressing the high cost of living, according to the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER).

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It’s not a wage problem, houses are just too expensive

  PETALING JAYA (Jan 30): To resolve the property supply and demand mismatch in Malaysia, Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) director of research Dr Suraya Ismail opined that housing prices just need to be within the average wage earners’ affordability level.

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