KUALA LUMPUR: Growth in Malaysia’s economy slowed to a “moderate” 5.6 percent in the third quarter as exports decelerated, the central bank said Friday, but it added that domestic demand was expected to support steady expansion.

Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy depends heavily on exports but in recent years has increasingly leaned on domestic demand as demand in key overseas markets stutters.

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