Certain UMNO leaders are championing to allow EPF contributors to withdraw from Account 1 to survive the current economic hardship. Firdaos Rosli, Head of Economic Research at Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad, weighs in from a macroeconomist perspective.

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Presented by: Lyn Mak, Noelle Lim, Roshan Kanesan

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Tags:  epf,  account 1,  covid-19,  short-termism,  macroeconomics,