KUALA LUMPUR: BMI, a Fitch solutions company, has maintained its broadly positive outlook for consumer spending in Malaysia over 2025, with the country’s healthy macroeconomic outlook driving real terms growth in household incomes.
With inflation averaging lower than expected in May, BMI lowered its forecast for headline inflation to an average of 1.9 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2025, down from 2.1 per cent previously, and only slightly up from an average of 1.8 per cent in 2024.
