KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — Malaysia’s Leading Index (LI) saw a 0.2 per cent decrease to 109.8 points in November 2023 as compared to 110.0 points in the same month of the previous year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — Malaysia's headline inflation rate remained at 1.5 per cent in December 2023, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded at 131.2 points versus 129.2 a year earlier, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Malaysia's economy is estimated to grow by 3.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q 2023) against 3.3 in the previous quarter, said the Statistics Department Malaysia (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade recorded a sales value of RM142.6 billion, up 6.2 per cent year-on-year in November 2023, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

SHAH ALAM, Jan 8 — About 60,000 households and 2,000 business establishments in Selangor are expected to be ionviolved in the 2024 Agricultural Census scheduled to be implemented from July onwards, says Selangor Department of Statistics (DOSM) director Hartini Yaacob.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — Malaysia is set to achieve the 2023 gross domestic product growth target of 4-5 per cent for 2023 based on the good economic momentum seen so far, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) has enumerated a total of 1.2 million establishments in the country following the Economic Census 2023 carried out from April to September 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 — Penang has remained the top exporter for November 2023 in the country with a 29.0 per cent share, followed by Johor (22.6 per cent), Selangor (16.9 per cent), Sarawak (8.3 per cent) and Kuala Lumpur (5.7 per cent), said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 — Malaysia’s total trade for November 2023 amounted to RM231.8 billion, with exports and imports recorded at RM122.1 billion and RM109.7 billion, respectively, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 — Malaysia's inflation rate continued to increase at a slower rate, falling to 1.5 per cent in November with the index points recorded at 130.9 against 129.0 in the same month of the previous year, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 — Malaysia’s leading index (LI) contraction narrowed by 0.2 per cent year-on-year to 109.2 points in October 2023 from 109.4 points in October 2022, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 —The Malaysia Gender Gap Index (MGGI) recorded an average score of 0.694 or 69.4 per cent in 2022, an improvement of 0.2 per cent compared to 0.692 (69.2 per cent) in 2021, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Dis 11 — The score of Malaysia Human Development Index (MHDI), one of the indicators used to analyse the socioeconomic development status of the nation and describe its human development, has increased by 1.2 per cent to 0.816 in 2022 compared to 0.806 in 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — Malaysia's manufacturing sector sales value fell 1.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM156.7 billion in October, mainly due to the persistent decline in the petroleum, chemical, rubber, and plastic products sub-sector by 9.5 per cent y-o-y.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — The Industrial Production Index (IPI) rebounded 2.7 per cent in October, spearheaded by the robust performance of the mining sector, alongside continuous growth in electricity and manufacturing output.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 8 — The number of unemployed persons in October declined further by 0.5 per cent to record 570,900 persons compared to 573,700 in the previous month, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8 — Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) production increased by 0.6 per cent to 32,944 tonnes in October from 32,757 tonnes in September, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 1 — The Malaysian Well-being Index (MyWI) in 2022 has increased 2.5 per cent to 121.2 points compared to 118.3 points in 2021, thanks to positive growth of economic and social well-being, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — Malaysia’s e-commerce income grew by 5.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in the third quarter of 2023 (3Q 2023) to RM289.5 billion from RM274.6 million in the same quarter last year, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 24 — The number of the labour force increased by 2.3 per cent year-on-year to record 16.82 million persons in the third quarter (Q3) of this year, according to the Labour Market Review Q3 2023 released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today.