Malaysia's leading economic index dropped 1.1 percent mom in March 2023, reversing a 2.9% gain in February, which was the highest figure since July 2020, dragged by a fall in four of seven components. Decreases were seen in expected sales value, manufacturing (-0.6%), real imports of other basic precious & other non-ferrous metals (-0.5 percent), the number of housing units approved (-0.3%), and real money supply, M1 (-0.1%). Conversely, the bursa Malaysia Industrial Index rose 0.3%, real imports of semiconductors climbed 0.1%, and the number of new companies inched up 0.04%. On a yearly basis, the leading index shrank 1.2 percent in March, after a downwardly revised 0.4% rise in February, which was the first increase in four months. source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia

Leading Economic Index in Malaysia averaged 0.18 percent from 1991 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 5.50 percent in May of 2020 and a record low of -5.90 percent in March of 2020. This page provides - Malaysia Leading Composite Index - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Malaysia Leading Economic Index - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2023.

Leading Economic Index in Malaysia is expected to be -0.10 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Malaysia Leading Economic Index is projected to trend around 0.50 percent in 2024 and 0.40 percent in 2025, according to our econometric models.

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Malaysia Leading Economic Index



Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2023-04-20 04:00 AM Feb 2.9% -1.5% -0.9%
2023-05-25 04:00 AM Mar -1.1% 2.9% -0.1%
2023-06-23 04:00 AM Apr -1.1%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Industrial Production Mom 8.30 -5.20 percent Mar 2023
Industrial Production 3.10 3.50 percent Mar 2023
Manufacturing Production 3.99 4.90 percent Mar 2023
Changes in Inventories 2727.00 401.00 MYR Million Mar 2023
Car Production 71731.00 59843.00 Units Mar 2023
Leading Economic Index -1.10 2.90 percent Mar 2023
Mining Production 0.66 -0.50 percent Mar 2023
Coincident Index 121.90 121.60 points Mar 2023
Cement Production 2704.00 2496.00 Thousands of Tonnes Mar 2023

Malaysia Leading Economic Index
In Malaysia, the Leading Index provides early signal on the direction in which the economy is going. It is calculated based on real money supply M1, Bursa Malaysia industrial index, real total traded (eight major trading partners: Japan, USA, Germany, UK, Singapore, Thailand, China, Canada), CPI for services (inverted), industrial material price index, ratio of price to unit labor cost (manufacturing), number of housing permits approved, number of new companies registered, trend adjustment factor. The index has a base value of 100 as of 2005.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-1.10 2.90 5.50 -5.90 1991 - 2023 percent Monthly

News Stream
Malaysia Leading Index Falls 1.1% in March
Malaysia's leading economic index dropped 1.1 percent mom in March 2023, reversing a 2.9% gain in February, which was the highest figure since July 2020, dragged by a fall in four of seven components. Decreases were seen in expected sales value, manufacturing (-0.6%), real imports of other basic precious & other non-ferrous metals (-0.5 percent), the number of housing units approved (-0.3%), and real money supply, M1 (-0.1%). Conversely, the bursa Malaysia Industrial Index rose 0.3%, real imports of semiconductors climbed 0.1%, and the number of new companies inched up 0.04%. On a yearly basis, the leading index shrank 1.2 percent in March, after a downwardly revised 0.4% rise in February, which was the first increase in four months.
2023-05-25
Malaysia Leading Index Highest in 31 Months
Malaysia's leading economic index climbed 2.9 percent mom in February 2023, rebounding from a 1.5% fall in January. It was the highest figure since July 2020, boosted by a rise in almost all components. Increases were seen in real imports of other basic precious & other non-ferrous metals (0.8 percent), the number of housing units approved (0.5%), expected sales value, manufacturing (0.2%), real imports of semiconductors (0.4%), number of new companies registered (1.0%), and bursa Malaysia Industrial Index (0.1%). In contrast, the real money supply, M1, edged down by 0.1%. On a yearly basis, the leading index grew 0.6 percent in February, the first gain in four months, recovering from a 1.5% drop in January.
2023-04-20
Malaysia Leading Index Falls the Most in 6 Months
Malaysia's leading economic index declined 1.5 percent mom in January 2023, reversing from a downwardly revised 0.1% growth in December 2022. It was the first decrease in the leading economic index in three months, and the steepest fall since last July, dragged down by a drop in almost all components. Declines were seen in real imports of other basic precious & other non-ferrous metals (-0.3 percent), the number of housing units approved (-0.1%), expected sales value, manufacturing (-0.3%), real money supply, M1 (-0.1%), real imports of semi conductors (-1.0%), and number of new companies registered (-0.01%). By contrast, bursa Malaysia Industrial Index rose by 0.3%. On a yearly basis, the leading index dropped 1.5 percent in January, the third straight month of decrease, after an upwardly revised 1.1% fall in December 2022.
2023-03-24