Malaysia 2008 Q4 GDP

Last Friday, 27 Feb, showed that the Malaysia 2008 last quarter GDP, which saw the services sector stirringly expanded by 5.6% while the worst went to the manufacturing sector which tumbled 8.8%.

Let’s focus on the good part. What are those services sector which performed good? Oh, there are wholesales, retails, accommodations and restaurants.

Erm… maybe these figures are right. Take a walk around nearby shopping malls, middle ranked restaurant, you may find your answer: "Recession is in everyone mouth but yet to hurt anyone to hurt anyone."

Let’s roll back a little earlier, take a snap on the following long list of figures.

Malaysia's real GDP Growth figures
2009 Q4
2009 Q3
2009 Q2
2009 Q1 -4.0% estimated

2009
2008 4.6%
2007 6.3%
2006 5.9%
2005 5.0%
2004 6.8%
2003 5.8%
2002 5.4%
2001 0.5%
2000 8.7%
1999 6.1%
1998 -7.4%
1997 7.3%
1996 10.0%
1995 9.8%
1994 9.2%
1993 9.9%
1992 8.9%
1991 9.5%
1990 9.0%
1989 9.1%
1988 9.9%
1987 5.4%
1986 1.2%
1985 -0.9%
1984 7.8%
1983 6.3%
1982 5.9%
1981 6.9%
1980 7.4%
1979 10.0%
1978 6.8%
1977 7.8%
1976 11.9%
1975 1.1%
1974 8.1%
1973 12.0%
1972 9.7%
1971 10.1%
1970 5.2%
1969 10.4%
1968 4.0%
1967 1.2%
1966 6.1%
1965 5.8%
1964 5.9%
1963 5.7%
1962 7.2%
1961 1.7%
(To be continue..)