GDP between -2.0% and 0.5% in 2020


KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian economy is expected to see a contraction -2.0% at its worst and growth of 0.5% at its best in 2020, compared to 4.3% in 2019, against a highly challenging global economic outlook.

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) in its 2019 Economic Monetary Review on Friday said the domestic economy will be impacted by the necessary global and domestic actions taken to contain the outbreak.

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