Malaysia’s Growth Tops Forecasts as AI Boom Drives Export Surge
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- ✓Malaysia’s economy grew 5.3% in the three months through September, beating the 5.1% forecast.
- ✓This growth showed that the artificial intelligence boom helped exports stay strong.
- ✓While the pace slowed from the 6% expansion seen in the previous period, resilient domestic demand helped the country perform better than many expected.
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Malaysia’s economic growth slowed but still exceeded expectations as the artificial intelligence boom continued to bolster exports and domestic demand remained resilient.
Gross domestic product rose 5.3% in the three months through September from a year earlier, according to advance estimates from the Department of Statistics Malaysia on Friday, beating the 5.1% median prediction in a Bloomberg survey. Third quarter growth, however, slowed from the 6% expansion in the previous three-month period.
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