INTERVIEW | A Kuala Lumpur-based economist has offered some suggestions on how the Finance Ministry (MoF) could make the country's debt reporting more transparent and accountable to avoid generating unwarranted concern among investors.

His proposal comes after former premier Najib Abdul Razak blamed Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng for unnecessarily spooking the market with his claim that the country's national debt totals RM1 trillion...