Malaysia, The Numbers Are Too Close To Call

Malaysia's August industrial production rose 4.9 percent from a year earlier, helped by growth in the electricity, manufacturing and mining sectors, government data showed on Wednesday.
Factory output rose at a faster pace than the 4.1 percent growth in July, but was below economists' expectations of a 5.4 percent rise.
Electricity output expanded 11.4 percent from a year earlier, faster than the previous month's 7.1 percent growth, data from the Statistics Department showed. Malaysia's exports in August had risen unexpectedly, driven by higher shipments of manufactured goods and rising palm oil prices.
A private manufacturing purchasing managers' index showed Malaysian factory activity in September contracted for the 18th straight month, on declining new orders and an unstable economic climate.