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To Cite this Article: Taasim, S. I., Daud, A., Pinjaman, S., Assim, M. I. S. B. A., & Yaccob, Y. B. (2021). Government Debt: An Empirical Analysis with Structural Break for The Economy of Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(17), 120–126.
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