Weighing in: Prof Yeah welcome the move to delay toll hike.
PETALING JAYA: Postponing the toll hike to 2022 has given households and businesses breathing room amid the crushing pandemic.
Professor of Economics at Sunway University Business School Prof Dr Yeah Kim Leng said as the country was currently in the early stage of economic recovery, the toll relief could be viewed as a fiscal measure to sustain the disposable income of households and businesses.
In turn, the toll savings when spent or invested by households or firms would have a multiplier effect on the economy, thereby strengthening the recovery momentum, he said.