Overview

Highlights

The Leading Index (LI) which monitors the economic performance in advance decreased 0.3% to 119.6 points in January 2015 as against 119.9 points in the previous month. The components that contributed to the decrease were Expected Sales Value in Manufacturing Sector (-0.4%), Real Money Supply, M1 (-0.1%),  Number of Housing Units Approved (-0.1%) and Number of New Companies Registered (-0.1%). The annual change of LI slowed to 2.3% as compared to 3.3% recorded in December 2014.

The Coincident Index (CI) which measures the current economic activity, grew slightly by 0.2% in January 2015. This was due to the increases in Capacity Utilisation in Manufacturing Sector (0.6%) and Real Salaries & Wages in Manufacturing Sector (0.5%). The annual change of CI rose to 2.2% from 1.9% recorded in the previous month.

The annual change of LI remained favourable albeit a lower growth as compared to the previous month. Concurrently, the annual change of CI showed an improvement in the reference month. Supported by both Diffusion Indexes which remained above 50.0%, this indicates that the Malaysian economy will continue expanding in the coming months.

(The complete indicators on Leading, Coincident and Lagging Indexes are shown in the following Table 4  ).

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THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA
24 March 2015

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