KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s sales value of the manufacturing sector recorded a positive growth of 0.7 per cent, reaching RM146.2 billion in February 2024, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s unemployment rate remained at 3.3% in February 2024, registering a lower number of unemployed individuals at 567,000 persons, according to the Labour Force statistics from the Statistics Department Malaysia (DOSM).
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures the price changes of goods at the producer level, increased by 0.3 per cent in February 2024 from a negative 0.6 per cent in January 2024, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said.
PENDANG: More than 7.36 million Malaysian citizens, or 35 per cent of the country’s population, have updated their information in the Central Database Hub (Padu).
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's economy is expected to improve in the near term, supported by resilient domestic demand and stable labour market conditions, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s export unit value index slipped by 0.5 per cent to 147.2 points in January 2024 from 148.0 points in the previous month, said the Department of Statistics (DoSM).
KUALA LUMPUR: Businesses are anticipating improved conditions in the first quarter (1Q) of 2024 with a positive confidence indicator of 4.2 per cent, up from 3.2 per cent in the fourth quarter (4Q) 2023, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
KUALA LUMPUR: The fall in Malaysia's Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures the prices of goods at the factory gate, has narrowed, declining a marginal 0.6 per cent in January 2024 versus a negative 1.3 per cent in December 2023, the Statistics Department of Malaysia (DoSM) said.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's inflation in January 2024 was 1.5%, unchanged since November 2023, driven by slower increases in various sectors including food and beverages (F&B).
PUTRAJAYA: The number of unemployed persons dropped to 580,700 in 2023, the lowest since the pandemic, while the unemployment rate stood at 3.4 per cent, according to the Labour Market Review, Fourth Quarter 2023 released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) on Friday (Feb 23).