Malaysia: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 2014/082, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper on Malaysia highlights quantitative assessment of additional measures required during the medium term to achieve fiscal targets. The authorities aim to lower the budget deficit to about 3 percent of GDP by 2015, down from 4.0 percent in 2013, and to balance the budget by 2020. It suggests that ranking fiscal instruments under different fiscal policy goals can help policymakers identify the composition of fiscal adjustment based on their preferences. By combining ranking with the instruments’ potential yield helps in identifying the optimal set of measures required to achieve the needed fiscal adjustment.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; GDP; debt; market; Malaysia; GST; EBITDA ratio; corporate bond bond market; consolidation strategy; personal income; tax rate; Consumption taxes; Income and capital gains taxes; Income tax systems; Global; Asia and Pacific (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27
Date: 2014-03-18
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