00:00Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who attended the Customs Department's Hari Raya
00:07Aidilfitri reception on Thursday, said Bank Negara Malaysia and the Treasury will be reviewing
00:13the latest assessment by the International Monetary Fund on the country's GDP growth
00:18forecast for 2025.
00:21He told reporters that the government will address the matter during a special Dewan
00:25Rakyat sitting scheduled for May 5.
00:28There is a revision internationally for the world, for the United States, China and most
00:36countries.
00:37We are slightly down, Bank Negara and the Treasury will now re-look at it and review.
00:45On April 23rd, the IMF revised Malaysia's real GDP growth forecast from 4.7% to 4.1%, in
00:53line with a broader regional downgrade.
00:56In its April 2025 World Economic Outlook report, titled A Critical Juncture Amid Policy Shifts,
01:04the IMF projected Malaysia's economy to grow by 3.8% in 2026.
01:10The IMF also reduced its global growth outlook for 2025 to 2.8%, marking a 0.5 percentage point
01:19decrease from its January estimate.
Comments