PUTRAJAYA, Feb 29 — Job vacancies advertised online recorded an increase of 29.5 per cent with 338,305 vacancies in the third quarter (Q3) of 2023 compared to 261,231 vacancies recorded in the second quarter (Q2) last year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 29 — 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, Feb 28 — The low Producer Price Index (PPI) is an early indicator of a moderation in inflation which helps to ease the cost of living and increase demand to rejuvenate the domestic economy, according to the Economy Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — 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, Feb 28 — The exports of nine states rose in January 2024, contributing to an 8.7 per cent, or RM9.8 billion, increase in Malaysia’s total exports to RM122.43 billion, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 27 —Malaysia and Uzbekistan have sealed a five-year agreement aimed at strengthening statistical practices and facilitating cooperation in areas of mutual interest.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — 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.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 26 — A total of 557 out of 1,065 mukim (sub-districts) have a population where more than seven per cent of individuals are aged 65 years and over, classifying them into the ageing category, according to MyCensus 2020: Mukim, Town and Pekan statistics released by the Statistics Department.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Economists are forecasting Malaysia’s headline inflation for 2024 to be between 2.5 per cent and 3.3 per cent.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The government reiterates its guarantee on the safety of the Central Database Hub (Padu) system, following allegations the system, which collects Malaysians' personal data, had been hacked.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 23 — 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) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Malaysia’s headline inflation remained at 1.5 per cent in January 2024 with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) at 131.4 points against 129.5 a year earlier, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Malaysia’s economic growth is expected to show a better performance in the second quarter of 2024 (2Q 2024), according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 22 — Malaysia’s labour productivity posted a positive growth of 0.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of (Q4) 2023 with total hours worked increased by 2.3 per cent to register 9.4 billion hours, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 21 —The total number of persons with disabilities (PwDs) registered with the Social Welfare Department (JKM) as of 2022 is 674,548, representing two per cent of the Malaysian population.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The manufacturing industry operated at 79.8 per cent capacity in the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q 2023), edged down by 0.4 percentage points from a rate of 80.2 per cent in 4Q 2022, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 19 — Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan expects the ringgit to strengthen against the US dollar this year as the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has signalled the end of interest rate hikes after raising the benchmark interest rates 11 times since March 2022 to the current rate of 5.25-5.50 per cent.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 19 — Most Malaysians in Singapore and Brunei are part of the skilled or semi-skilled workforce, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — The increase in investment in the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q 2023) is a positive sign for Malaysia’s future economic growth, economist Dr Nungsari Ahmad Radhi said.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 17 —Sixty rural libraries have been used as additional registration centres for the Central Database Hub (Padu) system, said chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin.