Manufacturers see stable output levels, rise in jobs


Saw (left) and FMM chairman Richard Wong at the briefing.

KUALA LUMPUR: The mood among manufacturers for the first half of this year remains cautious, according to the FMM-MIER Business Conditions Survey carried out by the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) and Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER).

The business conditions index, according to the them, dropped to 94, one point less than the second half of 2015.

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