Malaysia’s labour market seen remaining stable with jobless rate at 3.2% in 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's labour market is projected to remain stable in 2024, with the average unemployment rate at 3.2 per cent,…
Category: Economy
Unemployment rate stable at 3.3% in February
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s unemployment rate remained at 3.3% in February 2024, unchanged from the preceding month.
Manufacturers cautious on production activities
PETALING JAYA: As the output of export-and domestic-oriented industries in Malaysia shrunk in February on a month-on-month (m-o-m) basis, this…
Malaysia in sweet spot as CCUS hub
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is ideal to be developed into a regional carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) hub, says Hong…
Country on track to become high income nation by decade-end
SINGAPORE: Malaysia is on track to become a high-income nation by the end of the decade, according to the Asean+3…
Consumption tax likely to hurt beverage industry in Vietnam
HANOI: A draft proposal to increase a special consumption tax on alcoholic beverages may hurt Vietnam beverage industry’s ability to…
US initiates anti-dumping investigations on M’sian producers
PETALING JAYA: The United States government has initiated two anti-dumping investigations on Malaysian producers, following allegations that the country is…
Sun, sea and exports give south reason to feel smug
Athens: Southern European economies that were long sneered at by their richer northern neighbours have turned the tables as they…
Indonesia’s weighty food, health problems
“PORTUGAL” is a word that increasingly gets mentioned in dinner conversations with families and friends.