KUALA LUMPUR: MIDF Research expects the supply-driven inflationary pressures on consumer prices would ease as businesses have reduced pressures to pass on cost increases to customers. This was following the data from Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) which reported that Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production for September 2022 increased by 4.9 per […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: While inflationary pressures seem to have eased based on the latest consumer price index (CPI) figures, economists are not discounting the fact that headline inflation may pick up in the coming quarters. Speaking with StarBiz, AmBank Research Group chief economist and member of the Economic Action Council Secretariat Anthony Dass attributed the uptick […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production for September 2022 increased by 4.9 per cent year on year, although this eased from the 6.8 per cent recorded in the previous month, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM). In a statement, it said although the manufacturing index for September saw an increase […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s leading index (LI) rose 4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 111.3 points in August 2022, indicating that the economic growth momentum will continue moving forward, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). The LI, at 107.0 points in August 2021, is a predictive tool used to anticipate economic upturns and downturns […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s inflation rose 4.5% in September, lower than 4.7% in the preceding month, according to the Statistics Department (DOSM). The increase in the consumer price index (CPI) was less than the 4.6% growth forecast by 16 economists in a Reuters poll. In a statement, DOSM said food inflation increased at a slower rate […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: AmBank Research has forecast Malaysia’s third quarter (3Q) gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 12% to 14% year-on-year (y-o-y), boosted by the strong trade number for September and over the 3Q. The economy grew by 8.9% y-o-y in the 2Q and 5% y-o-y in 1Q. Trade growth is set to slow on […]
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