KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will relook at the gross domestic product (GDP) growth figure for this year following better economic conditions, its Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz was quoted saying by Bernama.

"We realised there could be an upside potential. The major assessment would be made in the middle of this year where the figure could be used in the Budget," she said on Thursday, April 29.

The central bank had forecast a growth rate of between 4.5% and 5.5% for 2010. It had said that the first quarter GDP growth this year showed indications of being stronger than the previous quarter, when it expanded by 4.5 per cent.

Zeti was speaking to reporters after presenting the Kijang Emas Scholarship Award.