Building Materials Cost Index in April up in tandem with higher steel prices - DoSM
KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): The Building Material Cost Index (BCI) without steel bars and with steel bars has increased for all building categories between 0.
KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): The Building Material Cost Index (BCI) without steel bars and with steel bars has increased for all building categories between 0.
KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): The value of construction work done in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022 contracted 6.
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 30): Domestic tourism in Malaysia declined significantly with visitor arrivals and total expenditure falling 44.
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 26): The protracted Covid-19 pandemic has further eroded business confidence for the third quarter of 2021 (3Q21), said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
PETALING JAYA (July 27): The number of unemployed graduates in Malaysia rose 22.
KUALA LUMPUR (July 14): Mean monthly salaries and wages fell by 9% in 2020 — the first decline since the series began in 2010 — as Malaysia's labour market experienced uneven momentum following health crisis and economic consequences last year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): Malaysia’s inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), rose 1.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): Malaysia’s labour market is seen growing marginally in 2021 in a Covid-19-driven challenging environment as factors including the pandemic's vaccination programme and government support for businesses are expected to accelerate the revival of the country's labour market, where unemployment rose to 4.
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 8): Manufacturing sales grew 4.
KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): Malaysia’s unemployment rate, which rose to 5.