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ond: Fiscal Discipline
Fiscal Discipline reflects the ability of a government
to control the government finance including debt
management. The government reduced the Government
fiscal deficit from 6.7% in 2009, to a low 3.1% in 2016.

Third: Gross National Income Per Capita
World Bank’s GNI per capita for 2016 calculation shows that
GNI per capita had increased to US$10,010, against high-
income target which was estimated to be US$12,272 for
last year.

Fourth: Malaysia Recorded Increased Trade
The total export value of Malaysia was more than the value
of total import. In February 2016, trade surplus of export
over import was RM7.5 billion.

Fifth: Recognition by Foreign Ranking Bodies and
Agencies
Financial Market Development by the World Economic
Forum Global Competitiveness Ranking 2015-2016 placed
Malaysia at 9th and Malaysia was the only emerging market
in the top 10.

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