# Malaysia’s economic direction is now clearer | Borneo Post Online

> MIDF Research expects Malaysia's economic growth to be supported in the second half of 2019 by a rebound in investment and steady domestic consumption. MIDF also expects external trade to moderate as US-China tariff hikes disrupt supply chains and reduce import demand from Malaysia.

- Date: 2019-06-20 · published 2019-06-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58864-malaysia-s-economic-direction-is-now-clearer-borneo-post-online
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker external trade from Malaysia and disrupted regional supply chains would modestly reduce demand for palm oil and feed imports, with limited direct price effect.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2018-12-24 | [MARC positive on Malaysia’s sovereign rating](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61802-marc-positive-on-malaysia-s-sovereign-rating.md) | -0.4% | +7.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-08-17 | [Malaysia: A huge downside GDP miss in the second quarter \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63777-malaysia-a-huge-downside-gdp-miss-in-the-second-quarter-articles-ing-think.md) | +0.1% | -0.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-05-27 | [Malaysia macro update – It’s downtime \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53394-malaysia-macro-update-it-s-downtime-articles-ing-think.md) | +12.9% | +16.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-04-28 | [Malaysian B20 Biodiesel Affected By Low Crude Oil Prices – MPOC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53509-malaysian-b20-biodiesel-affected-by-low-crude-oil-prices-mpoc.md) | -9.4% | -4.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-12-19 | [Ringgit declines to RM4.50 against greenback over US rate cuts \| Malaysiakini](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27221-ringgit-declines-to-rm4-50-against-greenback-over-us-rate-cuts-malaysiakini.md) | -0.1% | -11.2% |

## Sources

- theborneopost.com: https://www.theborneopost.com/2019/06/21/malaysias-economic-direction-is-now-clearer/

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