Friday, 21 May 2021 10:15 PM MYT
BY SOO WERN JUN
The CPI for April was also 1.7 per cent higher than in March 2021 when it was recorded at 122.9. In comparison, the March 2020 CPI was at 120.9. Picture by Miera Zulyana
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 The country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.7 per cent in April 2021 to 123.1 compared to 117.6 for the same month last year, according to the latest data released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) today.
The CPI for April was also 1.7 per cent higher than in March 2021 when it was recorded at 122.9. In comparison, the March 2020 CPI was at 120.9.
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Monday, 10 May 2021 02:53 PM MYT
Taxi drivers wait to pick up customers in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur November 3, 2020. Picture by Hari Anggara
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PUTRAJAYA, May 10 The economic sector recorded 177,900 job vacancies in the first quarter of 2021, up by 7.2 per cent as compared to the same quarter of the preceding year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).
Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the increase of job vacancies during the quarter was in line with the improvement in economic performance.
He said the wholesale and retail trade sales value registered the first positive year-on-year growth of 9.3 per cent while the Industrial Production Index (IPI) surged 9.3 per cent in March 2021 during the same period.
Monday, 10 May 2021 12:55 PM MYT
In a statement today, DoSM said the private sector continued to drive construction activity with a 55.2 per cent share or RM17.3 billion of the total value of construction work done, while the public sector has a 44.8 per cent share at RM14.0 billion. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 Although the value of construction work done shrank 10.5 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM31.4 billion in the first quarter of 2021 (Q1 2021), this was an improvement from the y-o-y contraction of 14.2 per cent in Q4 2020, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).
Friday, 07 May 2021 11:42 AM MYT
Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) is expected to remain on a rebound mode until year-end. Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) is expected to remain on a rebound mode until year-end after surging 9.3 per cent year-on-year in March 2021.
Public Investment Bank Bhd (PIVB) said the growth expectation would be driven by the recovery in global pandemic conditions, global cellular network migration and full economic reopenings in Asean.
“It would also be supported by China and major economies that would push demand for, among others, electrical and electronics (E&E) and related products, and further boosted by massive global fiscal stimulus spending that will boost consumption and investment activities,” it said in a note today.