KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — Malaysia is heading towards an economic uptick in the coming months, based on the positive year-on-year (y-o-y) growth in the country’s Leading Index (LI) in February 2021.

BEIJING, March 5 — China on Friday restored its annual economic growth target, setting it at above 6 per cent, and pledged to create more jobs in cities than last year, as the world's second-biggest economy emerged from a year disrupted by the effects of Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 — Malaysia’s economic growth is likely to rebound next year on the back of an effective roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, continuous export movement, and buildup in consumption and investment.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 — Following a sharper than expected contraction in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20), the World Bank has lowered Malaysia’s economic growth forecast this year to a contraction of 4.9 per cent, down from an early estimate of -3.1 per cent.

BEIJING, Sept 17 — The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in its latest report published on Wednesday revised up its forecast for global economic output in 2020 to a contraction of 4.5 per cent, which was less negative than what had been expected in June, reported Xinhua news agency.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 — Key economic indicators have shown a gradual recovery driven by the recovery in global growth as well as continued domestic support, which will edge up the economic outlook in 2021.