EKONOMI MALAYSIA TIDAK TERJEJAS TERUK

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MALAYSIA-EKONOMI/I
PAKAR EKONOMI YAKIN MALAYSIA TIDAK TERJEJAS TERUK
Oleh Wan Nor Azura Bt Mior Abdul Aziz

KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Dis (Bernama) -- Seorang pakar ekonomi yakin ekonomi Malaysia tidak akan terjejas teruk akibat kemelesetan global, berikutan pelbagai inisiatif rangsangan fiskal yang diperkenalkan oleh kerajaan untuk merancakkannya.

Banyak pihak merasakan bahawa kerajaan harus mempercepatkan perbelanjaan
agar dapat, bukan sahaja mengelakkan Malaysia daripada mengalami pertumbuhan
negatif, malah juga memacu perkembangan ekonomi.

Menurut ketua pakar ekonomi kumpulan RAM Holdings Berhad, Dr Yeah Kim
Leng, jika langkah-langkah fiskal itu berkesan secara kolektif, maka semua
sektor utama ekonomi tidak akan jatuh menjunam.

Yeah, bagaimanapun berkata, Malaysia tidak akan terjerumus ke kancah
kemelesetan memandangkan tiada penyusutan mendadak pengeluaran.

Jumaat lepas, gabenor Bank Negara Malaysia, Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz,
mengumumkan bahawa sektor pembuatan susut 1.8 peratus disebabkan terutamanya
oleh prestasi lemah industri berorientasikan eksport.

Bercakap kepada BERNAMA Yeah berkata sektor pembuatan akan menyaksikan
pertumbuhan yang jauh lebih rendah tahun depan.

"Saya rasa kita berkemungkinan mencapai empat peratus memandangkan
pertumbuhan sederhana dan kelembapan global," katanya.

Katanya, buat masa ini kelembapan sektor pembuatan Malaysia sebahagiannya
bersifat saiklikal dan sebahagian lagi dari sudut struktur.

Meskipun Malaysia berada pada kedudukan yang agak tinggi dari segi daya
saing dalam kalangan ekonomi berorientasi eksport yang baru berkembang, namun
pertumbuhannya seolah-olah terhenti dalam tahun-tahun kebelakangan ini.

Yeah berkata kebanyakan ekonomi paling maju seperti Amerika Syarikat,
Jepun dan negara-negara Kesatuan Eropah telahpun dilanda kemelesetan dalam suku
ketiga dan keempat tahun ini.
--BERNAMA
WNA AS KY

MALAYSIA ECONOMY - SOFT LANDING

MALAYSIA-ECONOMY
ECONOMIST CONFIDENT MALAYSIA WILL HAVE SOFT LANDING
By Wan Nor Azura Bt Mior Abdul Aziz

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 (Bernama) -- An economist is confident that the
Malaysian economy will have a soft landing following various fiscal stimulus
initiatives introduced by the government to pump prime it, against the backdrop
of a global recession.

Many feel that the goverment should fast track spending in order to not
only prevent Malaysia from slipping into negative growth but also spur economic
expansion.

According to the group chief economist of RAM Holdings Berhad, Dr Yeah Kim
Leng, if the fiscal measures worked collectively, then all major sectors of the
economy would not go into a tail spin.

Yeah, however said, Malaysia was not headed for a recession with no sharp
decline in output.

On Friday, Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz had announced
that manufacturing dropped 1.8 percent due mainly to weaknesses in the
export-oriented industries.

Yeah told BERNAMA that the manufacturing sector would see much lower
growth next year.

"I think we can likely achieve four percent in the face of a moderate
growth global slowdown", he said.

Currently he said, the slowdown in Malaysia's manufacturing was partly
cyclical and partly structural in nature.

Although Malaysia ranked relatively high in manufacturing competitiveness
among the export-oriented emerging economies, its improvement appears to have
stagnated in recent years.

Yeah said that the most advanced economies such as the United States,
Japan and the EU countries had already slipped into a recession in the third and
fourth quarters of this year.--BERNAMA
WNA AS