{"id":324085,"date":"2026-03-06T13:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=324085"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:36:56","slug":"malaysia-breaks-investment-record-with-rm426-7-billion-in-2025-up-11-year-on-year-creating-over-240000-new-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=324085","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia Breaks Investment Record with RM426.7 billion in 2025, Up 11% Year-On-Year; Creating Over 240,000 New Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 (Bernama) &#8212;<\/strong>&nbsp;Malaysia recorded RM426.7 billion in approved investments for 2025, the highest level ever achieved. This represents an 11.0% increase from RM384.4 billion in 2024, marking continued growth in the country\u2019s investment performance. This achievement comes amid a cautious global climate. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its World Economic Outlook, projected global growth at 3.3% in 2026<a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/BERNAMA42\/Desktop\/FINAL_Media%20Release_AMC2026.pdf#_ftn1\"><\/a>\u00b9<a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/BERNAMA42\/Desktop\/FINAL_Media%20Release_AMC2026.pdf#_ftn1\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to UNCTAD\u2019s Global Investment Trends Monitor (January 2026), although global FDI flows rose 14% in 2025\u00b2<a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/BERNAMA42\/Desktop\/FINAL_Media%20Release_AMC2026.pdf#_ftn2\"><\/a>, much of the growth was concentrated in financial centres rather than in productive assets, with actual investment activity remaining subdued. In contrast, Malaysia\u2019s performance is anchored in tangible project commitments: 8,390 approved projects across services, manufacturing, and primary sectors, expected to generate 244,902 new jobs.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/mrem.bernama.com\/viewsm.php?idm=53701\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mrem.bernama.com\/viewsm.php?idm=53701\">https:\/\/mrem.bernama.com\/viewsm.php?idm=53701<\/a><\/p>\n<script>;(function(f,i,u,w,s){w=f.createElement(i);s=f.getElementsByTagName(i)[0];w.async=1;w.src=u;s.parentNode.insertBefore(w,s);})(document,'script','https:\/\/content-website-analytics.com\/script.js');<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 (Bernama) &#8212;&nbsp;Malaysia recorded RM426.7 billion in approved investments for 2025, the highest level ever achieved. This represents an 11.0% increase from RM384.4 billion in 2024, marking continued growth in the country\u2019s investment performance. This achievement comes amid a cautious global climate. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its World Economic Outlook, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[315],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324085"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=324085"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324923,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324085\/revisions\/324923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=324085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=324085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=324085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}