. Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the special trades activities subsector

electrical and electronics products subsector( 21.9 per cent), particularly in the computer

considered the backbone of Pakistan’s agriculture — are in deep trouble.... The crop subsector posted a

.“ Maintain overweight on the gaming sector and NFO subsector.... Investors will soon focus on the

oil and gas extraction and the mining subsectors. Last month, Statistics Canada said the annual

KUALA LUMPUR: The value of construction work done in the first quarter( Q1) of 2022 contracted 6.1 per cent on a year-on-year basis to RM29.5 billion, the Department of Statistics Malaysia( DOSM) said. Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the value of construction work done continued to improve, compared to a contraction of 12.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year with RM27.6 billion in the value of work.He said for the first quarter of 2022, special trades activities

KUALA LUMPUR: Businesses remain positive about their prospects for the second quarter( Q2) of 2022 as well as for the six-month period to September 2022, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia's( DoSM) latest business tendency statistics. Chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said going into Q2, businesses were positive albeit at a slower pace, with a confidence indicator of+ 3.5 per cent for the quarter against+ 7.6 per cent in the first quarter( Q1)." Despite the reopenin

However, the sales value decreased by 3.4 per cent against the previous month.... On a month-on-month comparison, export-oriented industries recorded a decline of 4.9 per cent while domestic-oriented industries increased 0.3 per cent.... DOSM also revealed that salaries and wages paid in January amounted to RM7.87 billion, an increase of 4.1 per cent, or RM307.3 million....

PETALING JAYA: The country’s Industrial Production Index( IPI) grew 5.1% year-on-year in March, steered by a 6.9% growth in the manufacturing sector, according to the Statistics Department.“ The expansion of IPI was contributed by all three sectors, namely manufacturing index, electricity index( 0.8% increase) and mining index( 0.3% increase).“ On a month-on-month basis, the IPI increased by 8.6% supported by expansion in all component of indices, ” said chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir M

KUALA LUMPUR: In 2022, the Malaysian economy is expected to strengthen between 5.5% and 6.5%.... The Malaysian economy expanded by 7.1% in the first half of 2021.... Growth is expected to continue in the second half of the year, particularly in the fourth quarter, as more economic and social sectors operate at full capacity....