Malaysia’s strong GDP growth raises scope for rate hikes

Malaysia’s growth picked up strongly in the first quarter of 2014, reinforcing our view that the central bank (BNM) is likely to begin raising its policy rate at its next meeting in July. Although domestic demand is likely to make a weaker contribution to growth in 2014 than in recent years, the strengthening export sector should be able to pick up the slack.

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