Malaysia's Q3 GDP fall slows to 2.7% under persistent COVID cloud

'Not all is gloom and doom,' central banker says amid virus resurgence

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Malaysia's economy is gradually coming back to life after a strict coronavirus lockdown earlier this year, but a recent wave of infections poses a threat. © Reuters

P PREM KUMAR, Nikkei staff writer

KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia’s economy contracted 2.7% in the June-September quarter, the central bank announced on Friday, signaling a turnaround from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic's business-crippling effects.

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