Covid-19 and unemployment

THE Covid-19 pandemic has caused Malaysia’s economic activities to slow down due to the implementation of the movement control order since March last year.

Labour productivity declines in 4Q20 during CMCO

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s labour productivity continued to decline at negative 2.9 per cent in fourth quarter (Q4) 2020 after registering negative 2.2 per cent in Q3 2020, due to the impact of the conditional movement control order (CMCO), according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

Malaysia's current account surplus at 9 year high of RM62.1b

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia posted a current account surplus of RM62.1 billion in 2020, the highest in nine years, steered by a favourable performance of the goods account, and narrower deficit in primary income and secondary income, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

Malaysia remains attractive investment destination in Asia

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia continues to be the investment destination for high-value manufacturing and global services in Asia, the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida) said.

Services producer index up 0.5% in 4Q

KUALA LUMPUR: The services producer price index (SPPI) had increased 0.5 per cent to 110.1 in the fourth quarter of 2020 (Q4 2020) from 109.6 posted in Q4 2019, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

MCO: DOSM to restructure face-to-face Census 2020 interviews, public urged to complete census online

Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob urged those who have yet to complete the census to do so online via www.mycensus.gov.my.

Face-to-face census to be restructured, says Statistics Dept

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The second phase of the Malaysian Population and Housing Census 2020 which involves face-to-face interviews will be restructured based on three categories of the movement control order implementation, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

Phase two of census rescheduled

PUTRAJAYA: The implementation of the second phase of the Malaysian Population and Housing Census 2020 which involves face-to-face interviews will be rescheduled by the Department of Statistics Malay­sia (DOSM), says Chief Statistician and Census 2020 Com­missioner Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

CPI declines 1.7% y-o-y in November 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) slipped 1.7 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 120.0 in November 2020 from 122.1 recorded in the same month in 2019, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

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