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Capital resources

H. Osman Rani, M. Anuar Adnan and Mohamed Aslam

In formulating fiscal and monetary policies, the Federal Government promotes public and private savings so that a larger portion of national capital resources can be channelled into productive investments. This is important as Malaysia is dependent on foreign money to finance the high level of capital needed for economic growth.

  • Information in the full article includes
  • Capital formation
  • Public savings
  • Private savings
  • Foreign financing
PETRONAS offshore oil platform

A PETRONAS offshore oil platform. When it expanded its exports of petroleum products in the early 1980s, PETRONAS caused a significant increase in the current surplus of the public sector.