Malaysia Leading Economic Index1991-2021 Data | 2022-2023 Forecast | Calendar

Malaysia's leading economic index declined by 2.8 percent month-over-month in June 2021, after a 2.9 percent drop a month earlier. This was the third straight month of negative reading, amid ongoing COVID-19 disruptions, with all of seven components of the index falling: numbers of housing units approved (-0.9 percent vs -0.3 percent); numbers of new companies registered (-0.8 percent vs -0.2 percent); real imports of semiconductors (-0.4 percent vs -0.01 percent); real imports of other basic precious & other non-ferrous metals (-0.1 percent vs -1.1 percent); real money supply (-0.1 percent vs -0.1 percent); and expected sales value, manufacturing (-0.01 percent vs -1 percent). On a yearly basis, the index rose 0.5 percent, slowing sharply from a 6.9 percent jump in May. Meanwhile, the coincident index, which measures the overall current economic performance, declined by 6.3 percent month-on-month, after falling 1.3 percent in May.

Malaysia's leading economic index declined by 2.9 percent month-over-month in May 2021, after a 1.2 percent drop a month earlier. This was the second straight month of negative reading since December last year, amid ongoing COVID-19 disruptions, with all of seven components of the index falling: real imports of other basic precious & other non-ferrous metals (-1.2 percent vs -0.5 percent in May); expected sales value, manufacturing (-1 percent vs -0.7 percent), numbers of new companies registered (-0.3 percent vs 0.4 percent), numbers of housing units approved (-0.3 percent vs -0.02 percent); real money supply (-0.1 percent vs 0.1 percent); and real imports of semiconductors (-0.01 percent vs -0.2 percent). On a yearly basis, the index rose 6.9 percent, slowing sharply from a 15.9 percent jump in April. Meanwhile, the coincident index, which measures the overall current economic performance, declined by 1.3 percent month-on-month, after rising 0.8 percent in April.

Malaysia's leading economic index declined by 1.2 percent month-over-month in April 2021, reversing from a 1.8 percent gain a month earlier. This was the first negative reading since December last year, amid ongoing COVID-19 disruptions, with five out of seven components of the index falling: expected sales value, manufacturing (-0.7 percent vs -0.02 percent in March), real imports of other basic precious & other non-ferrous metals (-0.5 percent vs 0.8 percent), numbers of new companies registered (-0.4 percent vs 0.4 percent), real imports of semiconductors (-0.2 percent vs 0.1 percent), and numbers of housing units approved (-0.02 percent vs 0.6 percent). On a yearly basis, the index rose 15.7 percent, after a 17.2 percent jump in March. Meanwhile, the coincident index, which measures the overall current economic performance, increased 0.8 percent month-on-month, after rising 0.1 percent in March.

Malaysia's leading economic index increased by 1.8 percent month-over-month in March 2021, the highest since last July, accelerating from 1.1 percent a month earlier. The gains was contributed by real money supply M1 (0.3 percent vs 0.3 percent in February), real imports of other basic precious & other non-ferrous metals (0.8 percent vs 0.6 percent), number of companies register (0.4 percent vs 0.6 percent), number of housing units improved (0.6 percent vs -0.2 percent), real imports of semi conductor (0.1 percent vs 0.1 percent). Meanwhile, bursa Malaysia Industrial Index went down 0.4 percent, after declining by 0.3 percent in the previous month. Year-on-year, the index surged by 17.3 percent in March, following an 8.6 percent rise in the prior month. Meanwhile, the coincident index, which measures the overall current economic performance edged up 0.1 percent month-on-month in March, easing from a 3.1 percent growth in February.