{
  "id": 15725902,
  "title": "Business : PAKW Should Be Used As Vital Reference For Value Of Household Income Adequacy -- Akmal Nasrullah",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/business-pakw-should-be-used-as-vital-reference-for-value-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T07:39:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2623073"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "PUTRAJAYA, Oct 20 (Bernama) -- The Basic Expenditure of Decent Living (PAKW) should be utilised as an important reference in assessing the adequacy of household income and designing more targeted economic interventions, particularly to address differences in the cost of living according to location and family composition.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "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."
}