India, July 18 -- Malaysia's economic growth improved in the second quarter driven by strong domestic demand amid global trade distortions, advance estimates from the Department of Statistics showed on Friday.
Gross domestic product expanded 4.5 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, slightly faster than the 4.4 percent growth seen in the first quarter.
Production-side breakdown of GDP showed that the annual growth was largely underpinned by services and manufacturing sectors.
Services output posted a faster growth of 5.3 percent, following a 5.0 percent rise a quarter ago. At the same time, growth in manufacturing slowed to 3.8 percent from 4.1 percent.
In addition, the construction and agriculture sectors recorded better growth. ...