CURRENTECONOMY Malaysia’s labour market to strengthen further this year — MIDF ResearchEditor Selangor JournalOctober 10, 2023 by Editor Selangor JournalOctober 10, 2023 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 — The labour market in Malaysia is expected to strengthen further in 2023 and 2024, backed by encouraging momentum in the...
CURRENTNATIONAL Number of unemployed down, unemployment rate remains at 3.4 pct in AugustEditor Selangor JournalOctober 10, 2023 by Editor Selangor JournalOctober 10, 2023 PUTRAJAYA, Oct 10 — The number of unemployed persons decreased by 0.3 per cent in August 2023 to 577,300 from 579,200 people last month, while...
CURRENTECONOMY Strengthening job market to support GDP growth for 2023 — MIDF ResearchEditor Selangor JournalJuly 10, 2023 by Editor Selangor JournalJuly 10, 2023 KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 — The strengthening of Malaysia’s job market will further reinforce consumer consumption and support overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth this...
CURRENTNATIONAL Malaysia labour demand rises 2.7 pct in first quarter of 2023Editor Selangor JournalMay 11, 2023 by Editor Selangor JournalMay 11, 2023 KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — Malaysia’s labour demand continues to show an upward trend with a 2.7 per cent increase in the total number of...
CURRENTGLOBAL About a quarter of jobs expected to change in next five years — World Economic ForumEditor Selangor JournalMay 1, 2023May 1, 2023 by Editor Selangor JournalMay 1, 2023May 1, 2023 KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 — The World Economic Forum (WEF) has revealed that almost a quarter of jobs, or 23 per cent, are expected to...
CURRENTECONOMY Malaysia’s GDP growth to moderate to 4.2 pct in 2023 — MIDF ResearchEditor Selangor JournalDecember 30, 2022 by Editor Selangor JournalDecember 30, 2022 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 — MIDF Research expects Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth to moderate to 4.2 per cent in 2023 after registering a...
CURRENTNATIONAL Labour market continues recovery, employment rate down to 3.7 pct in third quarter — DOSMEditor Selangor JournalNovember 17, 2022 by Editor Selangor JournalNovember 17, 2022 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 — The labour market continued its recovery at a steady pace in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022, with the unemployment...
CURRENTECONOMY Over 15 mln employed persons in 2021, 1.5 mln in agriculture — DOSMEditor Selangor JournalOctober 25, 2022 by Editor Selangor JournalOctober 25, 2022 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — The number of employed persons in 2021 was 15.06 million, with 1.5 million of them involved in the agriculture sector,...
CURRENTECONOMY Malaysia’s labour productivity 5.5 pct up in second quarter of 2022 — DOSMEditor Selangor JournalAugust 18, 2022 by Editor Selangor JournalAugust 18, 2022 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — Malaysia’s labour productivity as measured by value added per employment in the second quarter this year (Q2 2022) went up...
CURRENTECONOMY DOSM: Total jobs in economic sector lower by 0.4 pct in second quarter 2021Editor Selangor JournalAugust 12, 2021 by Editor Selangor JournalAugust 12, 2021 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 — Total jobs in the economic sector were lower by 0.4 per cent to 8.35 million in the second quarter of...