Bank Negara expects GDP to exceed 5%-5.5% forecast this year

Zeti (extreme right) said Malaysia's GDP growth this year could surpass the 5%- 5.5% forecast in view of the first half-year performance.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara will look at the country’s economic growth rate and inflation for any revision of the overnight policy rate (OPR) and expects the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to exceed the 5%-5.5% forecast.

“It is not just as straightforward as that, because we will look at the source of the growth and inflation adjustments.