PETALING JAYA: Declining household income, insufficient savings and a resurgence of the Covid-19 threat will likely dampen private consumption, a key component of the Malaysian economy, in the near term.
The job prospect level would also dictate private consumption trends moving forward, amid unemployment which is expected to hover between 4% and 4.5% this year.
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