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Malaysia's GDP growth chart

KUALA LUMPUR: With Malaysia posting its worst economic growth rate since the Global Financial Crisis a decade ago, the outlook for the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20) has turned more cautious amid the worsening coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak that may further dampen the economy.

The Malaysian economy was badly hit in the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19) as it grew by 3.6%, the lowest level since the third quarter of 2009.

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