Prime Minister Najib Razak said the Barisan Nasional (BN) supreme council, which met today, felt that the government needed to address not only macro growth figures, but also focus on the people’s economy.

“We also talked about our country’s economic position by taking into account several favourable macro-factors, including the second-quarter growth rate this year which reached 5.8%.

“We’ve achieved the largest amount of international reserves in our history… and also for the past two days, we’ve seen the strengthening of the ringgit becomes a reality,” he told a press conference after chairing the BN supreme council meeting at Menara Dato’ Onn here today.

The ringgit closed at a 10-month-high of 4.2080/2110 against the US dollar on Thursday from 4.2370/2400 on Wednesday, amid encouraging and conducive domestic economic data.

Malaysia’s international reserves also rose to US$100.5 billion (RM431.7 billion) on Aug 30, 2017 compared with US$100.4 billion (RM431.0 billion) on Aug 15, 2017

Najib, who is also BN chairman and finance minister, said the strengthening of the ringgit, as well as the country’s economic growth, showed that the policies adopted by the government were on the right track.

“And this gives greater positive impact and momentum to the country’s economy,” he added.