Penang’s economy in 2015: Growth continues, but more slowly
By Ong Wooi Leng
April 2015 PENANG ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Penang’s GDP has been growing over the last five years. Following the recent release of data on Malaysia’s GDP growth for 2014 by Bank Negara Malaysia, the state GDP has improved to 5.9%, posting a 0.2 percentage point higher than that of the previous projection made in January 2015 (Figure 1)1. In view of the adjustment made for Malaysia’s 2015 GDP growth projection, the 2015 state GDP is also altered. The state GDP growth is expected to slow down by...
Ong Wooi Leng
heads the Socioeconomics and Statistics Programme at Penang Institute. Her work lies in labour market analysis and socio-economic development.
