PETALING JAYA: The World Bank predicts Malaysia’s economy to accelerate by 5.8% in 2022 compared with 3.3% estimated for this year, driven by domestic demand on further relaxation of pandemic-related restrictions. This is in line with the International Monetary Fund’s forecast that sees the country’s economy expanding by 3.5% this year and 6% in 2022. The Malaysian economy bottomed up in the third quarter of this year and contracted by 4.5% year-on-year, due to the implementation of a nationwide