Kuala Lampur, July 25 -- JULY 25 - GDP estimates indicated that Malaysia's economy grew by 5.8 per cent in Q2 2026, from 5.4 per cent in Q1 2026, exceeding market expectations yet again. For the first half of the year, growth stood at 5.6 per cent, compared with 4.5 per cent during the corresponding period last year. Commendably, these numbers were achieved despite the Strait of Hormuz disruptions, resulting in elevated energy prices, volatile capital flows and an increasingly fragmented global trading system.

Whether in academic discussions as part of my Oxford University fellowship, or in international conferences, I find that Malaysia's current stellar macroeconomic performance has caught the attention of many.

An against-the-odds gr...