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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 (Bernama) -- Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd has maintained its forecast for Malaysia’s gross domestic product growth at 5.0 per cent for 2024 and expects it to moderate to 4.8 per cent in 2025.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- MIDF Research has kept its 2024 gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast at 5.0 per cent, bolstered by ongoing increases in domestic spending and a recovery in exports.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) has reported that advance estimates indicate Malaysia's economy grew by 5.3 per cent in the third quarter (3Q) of 2024, following a robust 5.9 per cent growth in the preceding quarter.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- Malaysian innovators and manufacturers should seize the opportunity to tap into the immense potential of the global medical devices industry, which is projected to reach nearly US$800 billion by 2030, says Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Minister Chang Lih Kang.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry, including e-commerce, has generated a total of RM427.7 billion to Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 compared to RM411.6 billion in 2022, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's wholesale and retail trade sector registered a 4.7 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) growth with total sales of RM149.2 billion in August 2024, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 (Bernama) -- The MADANI government will address the issue of inflation in Budget 2025, which will be tabled on Oct 18, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI) decreased by 1.9 per cent in 2023 (2022: 7.8 per cent), mainly due to the contraction in the agriculture, forestry fishing (-13.8 per cent), according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures the price changes at the producer level, eased to 0.3 per cent in August 2024, compared to 1.3 per cent in the previous month, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s accumulated fixed asset investment, or gross capital stock (GKS), grew 3.0 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM5.60 trillion in 2023, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said.
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By Karina Imran
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed higher on Tuesday, driven by a positive Wall Street performance overnight and after China announced a stimulus package to jumpstart its struggling economy, sparking a rally in regional and global shares.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Malaysia witnessed encouraging economic performance in July 2024, with the leading index (LI) registering 5.2 per cent, reaching 115.1 points as compared to 109.4 points in the same month of the previous year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).