29 September 2022
Market View: Malaysia's Budget 2023 Preview
Malaysia’s Budget will be tabled next Friday on the 7 October. Given that this budget will be out before the next general election, economists are expecting it to be election friendly with a slew of expansionary measures. At the same time, observers are also expecting the government to remain committed to consolidating its fiscal position and focus on its recovery post-pandemic. So what can we expect from the upcoming Malaysian budget, and how will its government fund the measures aimed at boosting the economy? On Market View, Prime Time's finance presenter Chua Tian Tian posed these questions with Julia Goh, Senior Economist, UOB Malaysia.

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2 June 2021
Across the ASEAN: Life Under Lockdown Once More in Malaysia
Malaysia imposed a total lockdown at the start of June to try and contain a fresh and harrowing outbreak of COVID-19 infections that threaten to overwhelm the public health system. Julia Goh, UOB's Economist covering Malaysia, joined us on Across the ASEAN from Kuala Lumpur to discuss how the early days of the lockdown has impacted life in Malaysia, what it might mean for the country's economic outlook and if there may even be some impact on Singapore.

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