FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks cross a street in front of Petronas Twin Towers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
February 11, 2022
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s economy returned to growth in the fourth quarter of 2021, expanding 3.6% from a year earlier, the central bank said on Friday, as economic activity resumed following the easing of coronavirus curbs.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy to grow 3.3% in the October-December period, rebounding after shrinking 4.5% in the previous quarter.
Malaysia’s full-year economic performance rose 3.1% in 2021, according to data from the Department of Statistics/Bank Negara Malaysia.
(Reporting by Rozanna Latiff and Mei Mei Chu; Editing by Sam Holmes)
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