KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its forecast for Malaysia’s real gross domestic product growth to 4.5 per cent in 2025 and 4 per cent in 2026.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — Malaysia is expected to maintain a solid 2025 growth rate of 5.0 per cent, supported by both domestic and external growth drivers, despite elevated risks from a potential trade war escalation.

By Yasmin Ramlan  SHAH ALAM, Jan 15 — Selangor Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari is anticipating a healthy gross domestic product (GDP) growth of between  5 and 6 per cent this year.  He said if this target is achieved, the state would be able to contribute about 26 per cent to the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — Moody's Analytics reckons that the 4 per cent growth forecast for Malaysia in 2023 is reasonable for countries in the region although this will be at the lower end of Bank Negara Malaysia’s estimated range.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — Malaysia's economic growth probably slowed in the first quarter, hit by tepid consumption and declining exports, a Reuters poll of economists showed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — Budget 2023 is revised upward to RM388.1 billion, making it the largest allocation in Malaysia’s history, as the government continues to provide support to steer the economy, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 — MIDF Research expects Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth to moderate to 4.2 per cent in 2023 after registering a strong growth of eight per cent this year.

BENGALURU, May 11 — Malaysia's economic growth likely gathered pace in the last quarter, driven by stronger demand following a relaxation of Covid-19 measures, but a prolonged slowdown in China could have significant knock-on effects, a Reuters poll found.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — MIDF Research has forecast gross domestic product (GDP) to grow at 5.6 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — Malaysia’s economy is projected to grow by 3.1 per cent year-on-year for the fourth quarter of 2021, a rebound from the 4.5 per cent decline during the September quarter following the Movement Control Order 3.0 implemented in late June last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — The Malaysian economy is expected to see a much faster recovery pace this year, with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth recovering to 6.2 per cent from 3.5 per cent in 2021 driven by the successful vaccination programme, said Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) region is expected to grow by six per cent in 2021 and settle at 4.9 per cent in 2022 in anticipation of the unwinding of fiscal and monetary support measures, according to the newly published Apec Regional Trends Analysis (ARTA) report.

By Khairul Azran Hussin SHAH ALAM, Nov 2 — Selangor’s economic growth rate this year is projected at 2 per cent following the impact from the Covid-19 outbreak, says Dato' Seri Amirudin Shari. The Menteri Besar said the enforcement of the movement control order (MCO) and the conditional MCO...

JAKARTA, July 24 — Indonesia's finance ministry revised its outlook for 2020 gross domestic product (GDP), now expecting flat economic growth or a contraction of slightly below 0 per cent, Febrio Kacaribu, the head of its fiscal policy office, told an online seminar on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Malaysia's economy grew moderately at 0.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 from 4.5 per cent in the same quarter last year, as gross domestic product growth was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the implementation of the movement control order (MCO).

PORT KLANG, May 8 — The 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) is not currently seen as being negatively impacted by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.