GDP growth rises to 5.9% in Q2

Uptick: Abdul Rasheed (right) with chief statistician Datuk Mohd Uzir Mahidin after the release of the second quarter GDP results. — ONG SOON HIN/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economy continues to show resilience as domestic demand rose, investment flowed through, and exports expanded in the second quarter of this year.

This resulted in the gross domestic product (GDP) growing by 5.9% in the three months to June 2024 compared with a growth of 4.2% in the first quarter of the year.