{"id":15422,"date":"2020-02-25T10:55:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T02:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iqiglobal.com\/blog\/?p=15422"},"modified":"2026-01-09T16:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:17:35","slug":"premature-to-predict-economic-outcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/premature-to-predict-economic-outcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Premature to predict economic outcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>KUALA LUMPUR: Political wrangling could add a burden to the country&rsquo;s economy, economists said, as the stock exchange closed at its lowest point yesterday since late 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The experts believe the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government could deter investors looking for stability at a time when the coronavirus outbreak and trade war between the United States and China were hurting global growth.<\/p>\n<p>Bursa Malaysia&rsquo;s benchmark index was down as much as 45 points or 2.85 per cent yesterday, to end its 12-year reign as the world&rsquo;s longest stock market bull run.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In my opinion, all investors are cautious and hope that economic normalcy would return, and policy continuity would prevail in the end,&rdquo; said Juwai IQI Global chief economist Shan Saeed.<\/p>\n<p>Click <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nst.com.my\/news\/nation\/2020\/02\/568775\/premature-predict-economic-outcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> to read the full article.<\/p>\n<p>Source: The New Straits Times<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR: Political wrangling could add a burden to the country&rsquo;s economy, economists said, as the stock exchange closed at its lowest point yesterday since late 2010. 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