KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — Malaysia’s inflation increased by 2.5 per cent driven by the rising food and fuel prices in 2021, the Department of Statistic Malaysia (DOSM) said.

PUTRAJAYA, May 31 — Job vacancies advertised online in Malaysia soared up to 159,148 in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1 2022) compared to 90,218 in the same quarter last year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — Malaysia's Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production, which measures the costs of goods at the factory gate, continued to register double-digit growth in April 2022 at 11.0 per cent, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Malaysia will be part of a council that governs the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) for the term 2022–2024 following an election among Asia Pacific member countries in Bangkok on May 24, 2022, the Department of Statistics, Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Exports of articles of apparel and clothing accessories rose 18.5 per cent year-on-year to RM499.9 million, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said.

PUTRAJAYA, May 20 — Malaysia’s labour market momentum escalated in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1 2022) as both demand and supply ascended further, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, May 19 — Malaysia’s labour productivity as measured by value-added per employment picked up in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1 2022) by 2.7 per cent to record RM23,129 per person compared to RM22,500 per person in the same quarter last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade sales registered a growth of 3.9 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1 2022), said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade sales rose 9.8 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM123.8 billion in March 2022, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

PUTRAJAYA, May 11 — Malaysia’s labour market rebounded in the first quarter of 2022, adding 148,520 jobs compared to the same quarter of the preceding year to record 8.57 million jobs, while the quarter-on-quarter basis increased by 41,400 jobs, said Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — The value of construction work done in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022 contracted 6.1 per cent on a year-on-year basis to RM29.5 billion, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — Malaysia's palm oil exports amounted to RM7.5 billion in March 2022, with Sabah recording the highest at RM1.8 billion (23.5 per cent), followed by Johor (RM1.7 billion, 23.1 per cent) and Sarawak (RM1.5 billion, 20.3 per cent), the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

PUTRAJAYA, April 29 — Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the amount of clinical waste produced in 2020 grew by 18.1 per cent to 39,900 tonnes from 33,800 tonnes in 2019, according to the State Environment Statistics 2021 report.

PUTRAJAYA, April 12 — The percentage of households that has access to the internet increased to 95.5 per cent in 2021 from 91.7 per cent in 2020, according to the ICT Use and Access by Individuals and Households Survey Report released today by the Department of Statistics.

PUTRAJAYA, April 27 — Malaysia's labour force indicated a gradual recovery in 2021 with a better situation anticipated in 2022, said Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The economic indicators for the first three months of 2022 stipulate Malaysia’s positive economic outlook in the near future with high mobility foreseen following the opening of international borders, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 — Malaysia's Leading Index (LI) recorded a healthier month-on-month (m-o-m) trend in February 2022, increasing to 110.8 points from 110.1 points in the preceding month, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) has begun to conduct its annual economic survey 2022 (AES 2022) from today until September 30, 2022, involving 110,000 business establishments in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 — Malaysia's natural rubber (NR) production decreased by 39 per cent month-on-month (m-o-m) to 29,920 tonnes in February 2022 against 49,087 tonnes in January 2022, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 — The ringgit closed higher against the US dollar on Wednesday thanks to firmer oil prices and bullish trade numbers for February.