Is Malaysia Losing Its Middle Class?

Morning Run · Morning Brief · 22 Jun 2021 · 08:30 am · 11 mins listen

Prolonged lockdowns and an economy in neutral have sent more than 600,000 households from the M40 income group into the bottom B40 category.

Calvin Cheng, Analyst in the Economics Program, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, discusses what's at stake.

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Sim Wie Boon

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Khoo Hsu Chuang,Wong Shou Ning,Shazana Mokhtar

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