MALAYSIA OPTIMISTIC OVER ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR 1987
Malaysia's Central Bank, Bank
Negara, said the economic outlook for 1987 is good in view of a
marked improvement in commodity and oil prices in the later
months of last year.
    It said in its latest quarterly review that real gross
domestic product averaged an annual growth of 1.1 pct over the
first nine months of last year compared with a decline of 0.1
pct in the corresponding period in 1985.
    Growth was generated mainly by the manufacturing sector, it
added.
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