{
  "id": 12552217,
  "title": "Business : Budget 2027: Fiscal Deficit Expected To Narrow To 3.3 Pct Of GDP - Apex Securities",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/business-budget-2027-fiscal-deficit-expected-to-narrow-to-3-3-pct-of",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-07T03:17:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2616480"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s fiscal deficit is expected to narrow to RM76 billion, or 3.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), in 2027 from an estimated 3.5 per cent in 2026, keeping the government on track towards its medium-term target of 3.0 per cent by 2028",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "2O27 Budget: Fiscal deficit likely to narrow to 3.3pct of GDP",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/2o27-budget-fiscal-deficit-likely-to-narrow-to-3-3pct-of-gdp",
        "published": "2026-10-07T05:17:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}