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Malaysia: economic resilience in the face of lockdown

Despite the worsening virus situation and the announcement of a “total lockdown”, Malaysia’s economy is likely to hold up relatively well, as booming exports offset the hit to private consumption. We are only nudging down our GDP growth forecast for this year by 0.5%-points, to 6.5%.  

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