Global AI Hardware Demand Powers East Asia Growth Beyond World Bank Forecasts

Several economies in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region are growing faster than expected due to their involvement in manufacturing and exporting high-tech goods that support artificial intelligence-related activity, the World Bank Group said in a Tuesday (Oct. The World Bank Group has revised up its growth forecast for 2026 for Viet Nam by 1.1 percentage point to 7.4%, for Malaysia by 0.7 percentage point to 5.1% and for Thailand by 0.7 percentage point to 2.0%, according