KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian manufacturing sector began 2019 with a fourth successive monthly deterioration in operating conditions, with output and new business both declining during January.
The headline Nikkei Malaysia Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a composite single-figure indicator of manufacturing performance, registered 47.9 in January, up from 46.8 in December, extending the current period of contraction to four months.
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