PETALING JAYA: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Treasury will review the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest assessment on Malaysia’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for 2025, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said.

Anwar, who is also finance minister, said the government will address the matter during the special Dewan Rakyat sitting on May 5, Bernama reported.

He said the IMF’s review was not limited to Malaysia but part of a broader global reassessment.

“This is an international revision that includes the US, China and most countries … they (the GDP figures) are slightly down.

“The government, together with BNM, and the Treasury, will review the report and provide our feedback,” he told reporters after attending the customs department’s Hari Raya celebration here today.

Yesterday, the IMF downgraded Malaysia’s real GDP growth forecast for 2025 to 4.1% from 4.7% previously, reflecting a broader downward revision across the region.

In its April 2025 World Economic Outlook, titled “A Critical Juncture Amid Policy Shifts”, the fund also projected that Malaysia’s economy would expand by 3.8% in 2026.

The IMF trimmed its global growth forecast for 2025 to 2.8%, down 0.5 percentage point from its January estimate.