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How To Deal With Rising Costs

Dr. Mohaini Ahmad Basri, Licensed Financial Planner, Wealth Vantage Advisory

20-Nov-25 09:30

How To Deal With Rising Costs

The latest figures from the Department of Statistics for headline inflation is seemingly quite low at 2.1% in September - and yet, many are still feeling the squeeze from the rising cost of living. Why is that the case and how can we better manage our finances to combat this? Producer Jake Lim will be finding out from Dr. Mohaini Ahmad Basri, licensed financial planner at Wealth Vantage Advisory.


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Produced by: Jake Lim

Presented by: Jake Lim


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Categories:  financial wellness

Tags:  department of statisticsinflationfinancial planningpersonal financecost of living





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