{"id":364176,"date":"2026-04-05T00:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/364176\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T00:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:30:15","slug":"price-control-first-stimulus-later-anwar-outlines-phased-economic-response-amid-west-asia-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/364176\/","title":{"rendered":"Price control first, stimulus later: Anwar outlines phased economic response amid West Asia conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">MERU, April 4 \u2014 The government has ruled out introducing an immediate economic stimulus package despite concerns over the impact of the ongoing conflict in West Asia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Controlling prices of essential goods and exploring potential relief measures for businesses are the government\u2019s top priorities, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAt this moment, the priority is ensuring that essential goods are available. Items such as cooking oil, flour, salt, sugar, vegetables, fish, meat, and chicken. That is what matters most,\u201d he told reporters at the Program Madani Rakyat 2026 held at the Bulatan Sultan Azlan Shah here today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anwar had been asked if the government plans to introduce a stimulus package to cushion Malaysia from the global economic impact of the ongoing West Asia conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He said that controlling prices of goods is the next key focus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOnce stability in essential goods is ensured, the government will explore measures to provide relief for businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe will look at options such as reducing taxes, tariffs, or other charges to help ease their workload. Some have even suggested postponing invoicing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThese are all measures we are examining to reduce the burden on the public, including traders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MERU, April 4 \u2014 The government has ruled out introducing an immediate economic stimulus package despite concerns over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,191482,219,111,139,69,191485,191486,98532,66055,191484,191483],"class_list":{"0":"post-364176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economic-stimulus-package","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-ongoing-conflict","15":"tag-relief-measures","16":"tag-stimulus-package","17":"tag-the-government","18":"tag-top-priorities","19":"tag-west-asia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}