KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s industrial production index (IPI) rose 1% from a year ago, underpinned by a firmer expansion in manufacturing and electricity output, but this was below economists’ forecast of 2.5%.
The Statistics Department said on Monday the increase was due to the increases in manufacturing index and electricity index by 2.4% and 4.0% respectively. The mining index declined by 4.2%.
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