KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade volume index registered a 9.5 per cent growth year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q 2023), said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — Malaysia’s services sector revenue grew 13.1 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM560.3 billion in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q 2023) from RM495.5 billion in the same quarter last year, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 — The sales value of the manufacturing sector expanded by eight per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM156.2 billion in March 2023 mainly lifted by double-digit growth in transport equipment and other manufactures (14.6 per cent y-o-y) and electrical and electronics products (12.7 per cent y-o-y) sub-sectors, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 — Malaysia's natural rubber production eased 0.1 per cent month-on-month (m-o-m) to 27,188 tonnes in March 2023 from 27,209 tonnes in February 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 — Malaysia's Industrial Production Index (IPI) improved to 3.1 per cent in March 2023, driven by a 4.1 per cent expansion in the manufacturing sector and a 0.8 per cent rebound in the mining sector.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — Malaysia’s services producer price index (SPPI) rose 3.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 114.7 points in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q 2023) from 110.9 in the same quarter last year as most subsectors recorded an increase of prices during the quarter under review.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Malaysia’s terms of trade increased 0.6 per cent month-on-month to 110.3 points in March 2023 (2010 = 100 points), said the Department of Statistics (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Malaysia’s total trade for March 2023 amounted to RM232.7 billion, 1.6 per cent lower year-on-year, said the Department of Statistics (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production, which measures prices of goods at the factory gate, declined further to — 2.9 per cent in March 2023 as against — 0.8 per cent in February 2023, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

PUTRAJAYA, April 20 — The Leading Index (LI) registered a growth of 0.6 per cent to attain 111.6 points in February 2023 from 110.9 points in February 2022, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today launched DOSM's New Portal & Mobile Application and Economic Census Portal as an initiative for the modernisation of the national statistical delivery system.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) production decreased by 7.6 per cent to 27,209 tonnes in February 2023 from 29,451 tonnes in January 2023, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — Malaysia's Industrial Production Index (IPI) improved to 3.6 per cent in February 2023 based on a year-on-year change against the same month in 2022, with January 2023 recording a modest 1.8 per cent growth against January 2022.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — The monthly sales value of wholesale and retail trade grew 14.7 per cent to RM134.3 billion in February 2023, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — The sales value of the manufacturing sector posted double-digit growth of 10.3 per cent year-on-year to record RM145.2 billion in February 2023, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 — The unit price index of steel rose 0.9 per cent in March 2023 from 1.5 per cent in February in tandem with the increasing trend of iron ore and steel prices at the global level, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 — Malaysia’s key economic indicators continue to grow modestly in January 2023, despite ongoing geopolitical conflicts and ratcheting up of inflation in the global economy, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — The Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production, which measures prices of goods at factory gate, shrank 0.8 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in February 2023 against a 1.3 per cent growth in January 2023, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Malaysia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) for February 2023 remained unchanged at 129.8 or 3.7 per cent, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Malaysia’s near-term economic growth is expected to face challenges with the leading index (LI) decreasing 1.5 per cent to 108.5 points in January 2023 from 110.2 points in January 2022, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).