Overview

Highlights

The Leading Index (LI) which monitors the economic performance in advance increased in December 2014. The LI posted a growth of 1.1% to 120.1 points as against 118.8 points, registered in November 2014. The positive change in the reference month was attributed to the increase in three main components which were Real Imports of Semi Conductors (0.4%), Number of Housing Units Approved (0.3%) and Number of New Companies Registered (0.3%). The annual change of LI in the reference month increased to 3.2% from 2.2% recorded in November 2014.

The Coincident Index (CI) which measures the current economic activity, grew 0.4% in December 2014. This was contributed by the increases in Industrial Production Index (0.3%), Volume Index of Retail Trade (0.2%) and Real Contribution to EPF (0.1%). The annual change of CI slowed to 1.9% as compared to 2.1% recorded in the previous month.

The annual change of LI and CI remained favourable in the reference month. Supported by both Diffusion Indexes which remained above 50.0%, this implies that the Malaysian economy will continue to expand in the near term. 

(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 February 2015

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