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Malaysia's growth slips to 4% in second quarter
Published Fri, Aug 12, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA's growth slid again in the second quarter, moving at its slowest pace in nearly seven years, as poor global demand for commodities continued to impact the trading nation.
South-east Asia's third-largest economy grew 4 per cent in Q2 from a year earlier, in line with a median forecast in a Reuters poll but lower than 4.2 per cent in January-March.
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