KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 — Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade recorded a 5.2 per cent rise in March this year with monthly sales of RM145.7 billion versus in March last year, the Statistics Department (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 — Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures the price changes of goods at the producer level, increased by 1.6 per cent in March 2024 compared with 0.3 per cent in February 2024, said the Statistics Department (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 — Malaysia’s inflation remained at 1.8 per cent in March 2024 with the index recording 132.2 points versus 129.9 in the same period last year, said the Statistics Department (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).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — Malaysia’s construction sector work done value soared by 9.6 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in the third quarter (3Q) 2023 to record a total of RM33.4 billion, said the Statistics Department (DOSM).

JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 31 — The Statistics Department (DOSM) is committed to strengthening the government’s relationship with the people through its role as an agency responsible for collecting, analysing and disseminating the latest figures.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 — Malaysia's manufacturing sector saw its sales value fall 3.3 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM152.3 billion in August 2023, mainly due to the petroleum chemical, rubber and plastic sub-sector which shrank 12.1 per cent, said the Statistics Department.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — Malaysia’s inflation remained unchanged at 2 per cent in August, similar to the rate recorded in July, said the Statistics Department (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — The labour market grew by 2.4 per cent in the second quarter (Q2), with 16.73 million people despite slower growth in employment and a smaller decline in unemployed persons, said the Statistics Department (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — The economy expanded by 2.9 per cent in the second quarter (Q2) this year, supported by the improving labour market and continued increase in domestic demand and tourism activities, said the Statistics Department (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — Malaysia’s current account surplus in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q 2022) widened to RM25.7 billion from RM14.1 billion in the previous quarter, supported by a surplus in the goods account and a lower deficit in the primary income account, said the Department Of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — Malaysia recorded a higher net inflow of RM19.3 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the fourth quarter (4Q) 2022, compared with RM12.3 billion in the preceding quarter, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — The volume index of wholesale and retail trade registered a growth of 25.9 per cent to 144.5 points in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022 compared with the same quarter in the previous year, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 —  Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade recorded a double-digit decline in sales value for the third consecutive month in August 2021 with a contraction of 10.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM100.0 million, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — The value of construction work done shrank by 14.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM31.7 billion in the fourth quarter (Q4) of last year, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 30 — The first phase of pre-registration for the online Population and Housing Census 2020 (e-Census) will end at 11.59pm today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 — With another 27 days left, only about one million Malaysians have completed the Population and Housing Census 2020 (Census 2020) online or e-Census, which is very low compared to Malaysia’s population of 32 million.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — The Malaysian Population and Housing Census 2020 will be implemented in two phases from July 7 to September 30 and October 7 to 24, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) has released the Malaysian Economic Statistics Review report which could help the government and stakeholders accelerate their strategic policy to effectively address the economic crisis in confronting the challenges facing the rakyat.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 — The Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production decreased 5.1 per cent in April 2020 to 99.9 from 105.3 in the same month last year, recording the lowest rate of change since November 2015, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).