Manufacturing expansion continues into 2025


BIMB Securities Research said Malaysia’s IPI growth is projected to moderate from 3.8% in 2024 to 3.5% in 2025.

PETALING JAYA: Economists are encouraged by the manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) which has inched up to 49.7 last month from 48.7 in January.

There are indications that the manufacturing sector has stabilised as February’s reading was only fractionally below the neutral 50.0 threshold and was the highest reading since last August.

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