World Bank upgrades Malaysia's growth forecast to 4.9% in 2024


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KUALA LUMPUR: The world bank Group has upgraded Malaysia's economic growth forecast to 4.9 per cent in 2024 from its initial 4.3 per cent forecast set in April, according to Apurva Sanghi, its lead economist for Malaysia.

He said both domestic and external factors back the upgraded growth forecast as the global economy is doing much better than expected six months ago.

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