The level of housing loan approval rates for houses costing below RM500K have remained stable over the past few years at above 70%.
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While retrenchments of 35,000 persons in 2017 is still above the long-run average* of 30,000 persons, labour market conditions in 2017 has improved with an employment growth of 2.1%, three times higher than in 2016 (0.7%).
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After the implementation of GST on 1 April 2015, private consumption growth moderated from an average of 7.4% (1Q 2011 – 1Q 2015 avg) to 5.5% (2Q 2015 – 3Q 2016 avg).
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