KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — Natural rubber (NR) production slipped by 0.2 per cent to 30,273 tonnes in January 2024 from 30,342 tonnes in December 2023, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — The sales value of the manufacturing sector returned to positive as it recorded a growth of 3.2 per cent, reaching RM152.7 billion in January 2024, according to the Statistics Department (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, March 8 — Malaysia’s unemployment rate remained at 3.3 per cent in January 2024, with the number of unemployed persons declining from 567,800 in December to 567,300, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — The unit price index of steel recorded an increase between 0.1 per cent and 1.9 per cent for almost all areas in February 2024 compared to January 2024, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, March 4 — A total of 33 of Malaysia's agenda items were successfully discussed and endorsed at the United Nations Statistical Commission 55th Session (UN55SC), 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 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).

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 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).

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 — 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 16 — Malaysia’s current account balance (CAB) recorded a surplus of RM253.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, supported by the travel component, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13 — The unit price index of steel recorded an increase between 0.4 and 3.3 per cent for almost all areas in January 2024 compared to the previous month, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Malaysia’s natural rubber output eased 1.1 per cent in December 2023 to 30,342 tonnes from 30,669 tonnes in November 2023, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Malaysia’s services sector saw its total revenue increase to RM2.3 trillion in 2023, an 8.4 per cent rise compared to 2022’s RM2.1 trillion, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported.

BACHOK, Feb 7 — A total of 2.69 million individuals have registered with the Central Database Hub (Padu) as of yesterday, said Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 — Malaysia's economy is estimated to grow at 3.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q 2023), representing a slight uptick from the previous quarter's growth of 3.3 per cent, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — Malaysia's Producer Price Index (PPI) recorded a decrease to -1.3 per cent in December 2023 as compared to negative 1.5 per cent in November, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).