Malaysia’s

Economy
Kinimo K. R. Serge Olivier
UK MBA batch III
March 2013
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
 The GDP measures the value of all final goods and services
(output) produced domestically over some given interval of
time.

GDP per capita

Contribution of each citizen to the growth of the economy.
GDP composition by sector
 Agriculture 10.2%

 Industry 42.1%

 Services 47.8 % (2011 estimate)

Data released on February 2012
Malaysia’s GDP growth
(march 2008-April2013)
Real GDP
 2008 4.8%

 2009 -1.6%

 2010 7.2%

 2011 5.1%

 2012 4.4.%
 200 200 200 200 200
2001 2004 2008
2 3 5 6 7
5.4 5.8 5.3 5.8 6.5
0.5% 6.8% 4.8%
% % % % %
201 201 201
2009
0 1 2*
- 7.2 5.1 4.4
1.6% % % %
Malaysia’s GDP per capita
(march 2008-April2013)
Inflation
 The term ‘inflation’ usually refers to a continuing
rise in prices.

 Itgives more precision about Growth of the

economy.
Malaysia inflation rate
(march 2008-April2013)
Fiscal policy
 Government policy related to tax levels and
public spending.

 High tax leads to slow down in the economy and

vice versa.
Monetary policy
 The main objective of monetary policy framework
is to achieve long-term price stability (low and
stable inflation).

Objectives
 Maintaining a reasonable degree of price stability.
 Sustaining of the growth of the economy.
References
-Polya Lesova, MarketWatch July 23th, 2008
http://articles.marketwatch.com/2008-07-23/news/30679183
_1_core-inflation-inflation-news-food-and-energy

http://www.gfmag.com/gdp-data-country-reports/226-
malaysia-gdp-country-report.html#axzz2MqW0Obdo

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/malaysia/indicators
Thank you