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Unemployment rate higher in February in Malaysia

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Unemployment rate higher in February in Malaysia

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's unemployment rate rose 0.1% to 3.2% in February 2015 from 3.1% in January, according to the Statistics Department.

It said on Friday the unemployment rate was however similar to a year ago.

"The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2015 was 3.2%, up 0.2 percentage point compared with 3% in the previous month," it said.

The department said the labour force participation rate in February rose 0.2 percentage points to 67.4% from 67.2% in January 2015.

"The increase was contributed by the increase of 62,700 employed personnel in the labour market," it explained.

It said the number of employed rose 0.5% to 13.664 million in February, a 0.5% increase from 13.601 million in January.

However, there was a 2.9% increase in the unemployed at 454,900 from 442,000 from January. This was also a 1.9% rise from the 446,400 a year ago.

The department said unemployed refers to those who do not have a job but are interested to work. There are two groups of unemployed that is the actively unemployed and inactively unemployed.

The economic activity of a population depends on the demographic characteristics of that population. The proportion of economically active population, therefore, differs between sub-groups of that population.

These variations are measured by specific activity rates termed as labour force participation rate. Labour force participation rate is defined as the ratio of the labour force to the working age population (15 to 64 years), expressed as percentage.

Unemployment rate is the proportion of unemployed population to the total population in labour force. This rate measures the percentage of unemployed population in the labour force.

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Unemployment rate higher in February in Malaysia - Business News | The Star Online

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's unemployment rate rose 0.1% to 3.2% in February 2015 from 3.1% in January, according to the Statistics Department. It said on Friday the unemployment rate was however similar to a year ago. "The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2015 was 3.2%, up 0.2 percentage point compared with 3% in the previous month," it said.

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Malaysia Inflation Rate | 1973-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

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Consumer prices in Malaysia increased 1.3 percent year-on-year in March of 2018, after a 1.4 percent rise in the prior month while markets estimated a 1.6 percent gain. It was the lowest inflation rate since July 2016, due to a slowdown in cost of food & non-alcoholic beverages while prices of transport fell more than in a month earlier.

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GDP growth higher than most Asean countries, says minister 

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GDP growth higher than most Asean countries, says minister 

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The inflation rate in Malaysia was recorded at 2.1 percent in May of 2015, reported by the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
The most important categories in the consumer price index are Food and non-alcoholic beverages (30 percent of total weight) and Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (23 percent of total weight) and other areas such as Transportation & Recreational activities.

Consumer prices in Malaysia rose 2.1 percent year-on-year in May of 2015, up from 1.8 percent in April and slightly above market consensus. It is the fastest inflation since December 2014, mainly due to an increase in cost of food & non-alcoholic beverages; housing and utilities and furnishing, household equipment and routine maintenance.

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The unemployment rate in Malaysia was recorded at 3.2% in February of 2015 from 32.1% in January of 2015 , according to the Statistic Department. However , the labour force participation rate also rose to 67.4% from 67.2% from January of 2015. The growth was because of the increase of 62,700 employed personnel in the labour market.

Although there was a  number of employed rose 0.5% to 13.664 million in February , there was a 2.9% increase in the unemployed at 454,900 from 442,000 from January. Compared to February of 2014 , there was a 1.9% rise.

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Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) of 5.6% recorded in the first quarter of 2015 was higher than most Asean and developed countries. Some of the countries include Singapore (2.1%), UK (2.4%) and USA (3%). The main factor boosting Malaysia's GDP is the private sector, with investments and consumption having a high growth.

For demand, the total consumption in Malaysia in the first quarter of 2015 recorded a 7.9% growth. This was due to a higher supply and services expenditure, largely contributed by food, non-alcoholic beverages, communications and transport. For supply, only the agriculture sector had a negative growth rate (-4.7%). According to the minister, agriculture was affected by the decline in oil prices, which contributed 41% to the sector. However, other sectors like mining,which had a double digit growth rate in crude oil, manufacturing, construction and services performed better and the growth rate was positive.