Jolted by pandemic, Malaysia first-quarter GDP seen shrinking for first time in decade - poll

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's economy is expected to have contracted for the first time in more than a decade in the first quarter as the coronavirus crisis shattered private consumption and external demand.The median forecast from a poll of 12 economists was for gross domestic product to decline 1.5% in January-March from a year earlier, the first contraction since the third quarter of 2009 during the global financial crisis.Individual forecasts ranged from GDP growth of 0.8% to a decline..