KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 17.1 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020, compared to a marginal growth of 0.7 per cent in the first quarter, Bank Negara and the Department of Statistics announced on Friday (Aug 14). This is the worst performance in nearly 22 years when the […]
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Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economy shrank 17.1% in the second quarter ended June 30 as it was seriously impacted by the movement control orders, especially in April, which was a much deeper contraction compared with a Bloomberg survey of 10.9%. In a statement issued on Friday, the Statistics Department said the 2Q performance was the lowest […]
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