Malaysia to see 5.4% GDP growth this year
Malaysia is expected to register real gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.4 per cent this year, according to World Bank’s Malaysia Economic Monitor: Boasting Trade Competitiveness launched on June 28.
The report said the GDP was expected to decelerate to 4.6 per cent next year due to base effects and would normalise to five per cent in 2016.
“The contributions of domestic demand will decline as exports pick up,” said the report which was launched by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar.
The 93-page report also said changes in administered prices and the introduction of the goods and services tax (GST) would lead to a modest pick-up in inflation from 2.1 per cent last year to 3.5 percent this year and 3.4 per cent next year.
It said the introduction of GST would support consolidation efforts in medium term, and GST was expected to eventually broaden the tax base and diversify it from oil revenue.
“As a result of consolidation, debt levels are expected to decline,” it said.
Malaysia is expected to register real gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.4 per cent this year, according to World Bank's Malaysia Economic Monitor: Boasting Trade Competitiveness launched on June 28. The report said the GDP was expected to decelerate to 4.6 per cent next year due to base effects and would normalise to five per cent in 2016. "The contributions of domestic demand will decline as exports pick up," said the report which was launched by the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar. The 93-page report also said changes in administered prices and the...
Malaysia is expected to register real gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.4 per cent this year, according to World Bank’s Malaysia Economic Monitor: Boasting Trade Competitiveness launched on June 28.
The report said the GDP was expected to decelerate to 4.6 per cent next year due to base effects and would normalise to five per cent in 2016.
“The contributions of domestic demand will decline as exports pick up,” said the report which was launched by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar.
The 93-page report also said changes in administered prices and the introduction of the goods and services tax (GST) would lead to a modest pick-up in inflation from 2.1 per cent last year to 3.5 percent this year and 3.4 per cent next year.
It said the introduction of GST would support consolidation efforts in medium term, and GST was expected to eventually broaden the tax base and diversify it from oil revenue.
“As a result of consolidation, debt levels are expected to decline,” it said.
