Malaysia in 2020: Navigating overlapping shocks


World Bank country manager for Malaysia Dr. Firas Raad.

MALAYSIA is no stranger to external shocks affecting its macroeconomy.

Over the past two decades, it was buffeted by the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis (AFC), the 2001 global slowdown after 9/11 and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, each shock affecting the Malaysian economy in different ways.

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