{"id":30701,"date":"2017-07-28T14:38:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T06:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=30701"},"modified":"2017-07-28T14:38:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T06:38:19","slug":"malaysia-meeting-high-income-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/malaysia-meeting-high-income-goals","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia Right On Track To High-Income Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysia is on track to be a high-income economy, said Datuk Seri Najib Razak.<\/p>\n<p>Citing economic reforms, the prime minister said the country continued to prosper due to the programmes the government had put in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween 2009 and 2016, Gross National Income (GNI) has increased by nearly 50%, and GNI per capita using the Altas method increased to US$9,850.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on the World Bank&#8217;s latest high-income threshold of US$12,235, we have narrowed the gap towards the high income target from 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