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Malaysia’s full-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth is on track to reach the upper end of Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) projection of 4.0%–4.8%, supported by stronger 3Q2025 GDP which expanded by 5.2% after two consecutive quarters of registering a 4.4% growth. Reflecting this acceleration, market consensus has revised its 2025 GDP growth forecast upwards to […]

Malaysia is poised for stronger 3Q2025 growth, with advance estimates pointing to a 5.2% gross domestic product (GDP) growth, above the 4.2% consensus. The services sector held steady at 5.1% (2Q2025: 5.1%) on resilient household spending and retail activity, while manufacturing accelerated to 4.0% (2Q2025: 3.7%). The mining sector, having weighed on growth earlier in

Malaysia’s imports declined by 5.9% in August, mainly from reduced intermediate goods which made up over half of total imports, while exports rose modestly by 1.9% to RM131.6 billion, mainly supported by demand for electrical and electronics (E&E), machinery and equipment, optical and scientific instruments, and palm oil and palm-based agricultural products. E&E remained the

Malaysia’s 2Q2025 gross domestic product growth came in at 4.4% (1Q2025: 4.4%), slightly below the advance estimate of 4.5%. Growth was underpinned by the services sector, which expanded by 5.1% (1Q2025: 5.0%). Meanwhile, manufacturing growth moderated to 3.7% (1Q2025: 4.1%), weighed down by heightened tariff-related uncertainties during the quarter while the construction sector sustained double-digit

Malaysia’s 2Q2025 gross domestic product (GDP) growth advance estimate of 4.5% is underpinned by the services sector’s resilient expansion of 5.3% (1Q2025: 5.0%), driven by robust private consumption and front-loaded external demand in April. However, export performance continued to soften, contracting by 3.5% in June (May: -1.1%), weighed down by persistent weakness in the manufacturing

Headline inflation moderated to 1.2% in May (Apr: 1.4%), driven by slower price increases in food and beverages as well as housing, water, electricity and gas, while prices in the transportation sector remained unchanged from April. Although the upcoming implementation of the 8% Sales and Services Tax (SST) on 1 July may add modest price