MIDF Research lowers Malaysia 2020 GDP growth forecast to 1pct
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 ― MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Bhd Research (MIDF Research) has revised downward this year’s forecast for Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP)...
World Bank expects Covid-19 to have large impact on Malaysia’s GDP
KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 — Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to contract by 0.1 per cent to 4.6 per cent this year amid...
Asia-Pacific’s GDP may lose up to US$172bil due to trade disruption alone
MOSCOW, April 8 — The coronavirus pandemic may cost the Asia-Pacific region 0.8 per cent of the gross domestic product or, equivalently, US$172 billion due...
Bursa Malaysia turns negative on BNM’s less heartening economic outlook
KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — Bursa Malaysia failed to retain earlier gains and slipped into the red at the mid-morning, as Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM)...
Covid-19 likely to shrink Malaysia’s GDP between -2pct and 0.5pct in 2020 in 2020
KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — The Covid-19 catastrophe will have a significant impact on Malaysia’s economy, with the gross domestic product (GDP) expected to decline...
Stimulus package to roughly add 1.4 percentage points to GDP growth
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — The RM20 billion economic stimulus package will roughly add about 1.4 percentage points to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...