Macroeconomic Resilience: A Decade of Malaysia's Economic Trends and Stopgap Policy Measures

The paper discusses Malaysia’s economic performance from 2005-2014 by analysing the production output performances of real GDP, real GDP growth rate, real GDP per capita. It will explain how these indicators measure performance and its trends as well as the government’s measures to achieve output performance. Additionally, the unemployment trends will be defined and the various types of unemployment in Malaysia will be explained. The Malaysia’s government measures to achieve full employment will be mentioned. This essay will also highlight the inflation trend and rate in Malaysia and the various types of inflation as well as the causes. The government’s aims and approaches to curb inflation and achieve a stable price will be researched and elaborated.