Bold second stimulus will help economy weather virus, say economists


Sheridan Mahavera Ragananthini Vethasalam

Economists say the new stimulus package will help businesses maintain their cash flow and retain workers, so as to weather an impending recession. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, March 28, 2020.

PUTRAJAYA’S second stimulus package is bold enough to cushion an economy by the coronavirus, said economists, and at the same time, not blow the government’s coffers.

The stimulus will help firms, many of whom have scaled down operations, to maintain their cash flow and retain workers so as to weather an impending recession.


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  • Bold??????????

    Posted 4 years ago by Lipdah Lia