Malaysia's March factory output falls 4.9%, worst drop in nine years
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's industrial production index fell 4.9% from a year earlier in March, the sharpest decline in nearly a decade, government data showed on Tuesday, as curbs imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic severely disrupted activity.The index measures factory output from the manufacturing, mining and electricity generation sectors.The drop was just shy of the 5% fall forecast by analysts surveyed by Reuters and the steepest since May 2011, when it declined 5.2%. In..