KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — CIMB Investment Bank Bhd anticipates a moderate 4.3 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) growth, as expectations of higher tariffs set in and a softer Industrial Production Index (IPI) point to a potential slowdown in the second quarter of 2025 (2Q 2025).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Malaysia is boldly positioning itself as Asia's next investment and supply chain powerhouse through the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — RHB Investment Bank Bhd (RHB IB) has revised Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) forecast for 2025 downwards to 4.5 per cent from an earlier projection of 5.0 per cent, following rising trade tensions and recent tariff hikes that pose a threat to the nation’s export-driven economy.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — Malaysian banks will likely see moderate profit growth this year, underpinned by steady loan expansion and still-benign loan provisioning expenses.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Malaysia is on track to meet its 2025 gross domestic product (GDP) growth target despite risks posed by tariff wars, said Economy Minister Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli.

By Danial Dzulkifly SHAH ALAM, Jan 27 — Selangor is on track to achieve a RM500 billion economy within the next three to five years, driven by advancements in complex industries such as semiconductors and ventures into artificial intelligence, said Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari. However, the...

By Selangor Journal Team SHAH ALAM, Jan 21 — Menteri Besar Selangor (Incorporated), or MBI, reaffirmed its commitment to Selangor’s socio-economic growth, having channelled RM71.58 million to various state initiatives last year while charting an ambitious course for next year. In his maiden...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — Malaysia is projected to sustain robust economic growth in 2025 despite facing external challenges, driven by resilient domestic demand, surging foreign investments, and recovery in global technology demand.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — The manufacturing sector’s July 2024 sales value reached RM157.1 billion, registering a 9.1 per cent jump versus the corresponding month and marking its highest growth since February 2023, said the Statistics Department (DOSM).

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BENGALURU, April 26 — The global economy is likely to carry its solid momentum for the rest of the year and into 2025, defying earlier expectations of a slowdown, according to a Reuters poll of economists who said stronger growth than forecast was more likely than weakness.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — Malaysia's trade performance for January-March 2024 continued its upward trajectory, recording 7.1 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) growth to RM690.59 billion, with a RM34.22 billion surplus, said the Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti).

By Danial Dzulkilfy SHAH ALAM, March 29 — Selangor has attracted the highest investment value in Malaysia, totalling RM231.7 billion between 2019 and 2023, according to recent data by the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti). In a written parliamentary reply, its minister Tengku...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Asia Digital Engineering (ADE) is well positioned for substantial growth in the coming years as plans are underway to establish a new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) hangar facility at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), its chief executive officer (CEO) Mahesh Kumar said.

By Danial Dzulkifly KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — Gombak MP Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari has urged the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) to conduct acceleration programmes for local startups and companies that have the potential to boost the national economy. He said there is a need...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — Malaysia showed positive growth, with 97 per cent of its businesses having women in their senior management teams currently compared to 92 per cent in 2023, said Grant Thornton Malaysia (GT) partner in audit and assurance, Foo Lee Meng.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — The Malaysian palm oil industry is expected to show growth in 2024 in light of recovery in labour supply, improved palm oil price projections and heightened demand from key export destinations, said Bursa Malaysia Bhd chairman Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — Malaysia’s economy is expected to maintain its growth trajectory this year at a faster rate of between 4.4 per cent and 4.8 per cent, according to investment banks.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — MIDF Research is forecasting Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth to strengthen to 4.7 per cent this year, taking into account the external trade recovery, despite posting a moderate growth of 3.7 per cent last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Malaysia’s 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) growth is in tandem with other Asean countries, which also showed moderate growth, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).