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Malaysia bouncing back, Philippines vaccine hope

The collapse in Malaysian GDP in the second quarter that was reported earlier today generated all the headlines, but what was more revealing about the GDP release is how quickly the economy is bouncing back. President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has said he hopes the whole country will be inoculated by a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the next year, but we are not raising our GDP forecasts just yet.

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