Malaysia's economy grew 5.3% in the third quarter from a year earlier, slowing from an 18-month high in the previous quarter, the government and central bank said on Friday. Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast annual gross domestic product growth of 5.

The U.K. economy slowed to a crawl in the third quarter, despite tentative signs of a pick-up in confidence amid a change of government and a turn in the interest rate cycle.