KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s annual change of Leading Index (LI) rose 1.5% in October 2019 compared with 0.3% in the previous month – the highest increase since April 2018, says the Statistics Department.
Chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the index – which predicts the country’s economic direction – had improved in October 2019, expanding by 1.4% month-on-month to 120.3 points from 118.6 points in September 2019.
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