{"id":35379,"date":"2018-08-17T15:20:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T07:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=35379"},"modified":"2021-08-12T11:36:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T03:36:32","slug":"bank-negara-gdp-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/bank-negara-gdp-forecast","title":{"rendered":"Bank Negara Announces Slower GDP Growth For Second Quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The central bank announced that the economy grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released today, Bank Negara (BNM) also highlighted that headline inflation was projected to moderate going forward but the extent of the moderation would depend on the extent of the re-introduction of the Sales and Services Tax (SST).<\/p>\n<p>However, Governor Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus said that the impact of SST is much smaller.\u00a0Previously,\u00a0\u00a052 per cent of the items in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket were subject to the Goods and Services Tax, but only 28 per cent were subject to the SST .<\/p>\n<p>She added that Malaysia\u2019s macroeconomic fundamentals also remained strong, providing the country with the requisite buffers to effectively manage potential shocks to the economy.<\/p>\n<p>However, 2018 GDP growth forecast was revised to 5.0 percent from the earlier forecast of 5.5-6.0 percent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GDPQ2_BNM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35384\" src=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GDPQ2_BNM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GDPQ2_BNM.jpg 800w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GDPQ2_BNM-300x107.jpg 300w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GDPQ2_BNM-768x273.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the accompanying statement published on BNM&#8217;s website, growth is also expected to be sustained, supported mainly by private sector activity while positive labour market conditions will continue to support private consumption and investment going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Malaysia&#8217;s economic growth pace will likely slow in the second quarter of 2018, according to a Reuters poll.<\/p>\n<p>The poll of 14 economists&#8217; forecasts the growth rate will be well below the 5.2 percent median forecast and will also be the slowest growth since Q4 2016.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Source <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnm.gov.my\/files\/publication\/qb\/2018\/Q2_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/malaysia-economy-gdp\/malaysia-q2-gdp-growth-drops-to-45-pct-y-y-slowing-for-a-3rd-quarter-idUSK7N1V8000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This marks the third straight quarter of slowing growth for Malaysia, as GDP growth drops to 4.5 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":35380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[271,216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-news-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bank Negara Announces Slower GDP Growth For Second Quarter -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read more on the 2018 GDP Forecast breakdowns by BNM that highlight the effects of the newly introduce SST and other potential shocks to the economy.\" \/>\n<meta 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