KUALA LUMPUR (NewsRise) - Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak is expected to announce a slew of populist measures including cash aids to spur consumer spending in a slowing economy when he unveils next year's federal budget on Friday, economists said.
While Najib is expected to use the budget to win voters ahead of a likely early general election after an alleged funding scandal sullied his political appeal, he has little room to stray from a medium-term fiscal discipline that seeks to balance Malaysia's budget by 2020.
