马来西亚领先经济指数在1月份小幅修正1.1%的跌幅后,于2025年2月环比小幅下跌0.2%,标志着连续第二次下跌。该指数的七个组成部分中有五个下跌,包括制造业的预期销售额(-0.3%对1月份的0.2%)、新公司注册数量(-0.2%对0.1%)、马来西亚证券交易所工业指数(-0.2%对比-0.5%)、批准的住房单位(-0.1%对-0.1%)和实际货币供应量(-0.1%对比-0.04%)。从好的方面来看,半导体的实际进口反弹(0.5%对-0.2%),其他基本贵金属和有色金属的进口也反弹(0.2%对-0.6%)。按年来看,领先指数几乎持平,为0.004%,较1月份0.4%的涨幅有所回落。与此同时,追踪当前经济状况的同期指数上涨1.9%,扭转了1月份1.4%的跌幅。
Malaysia’s leading economic index edged down 0.2% month-on-month in February 2025, following a marginally revised 1.1% drop in January, marking a second consecutive decline. Five of the index’s seven components fell, including expected sales value for manufacturing (-0.3% vs 0.2% in January), number of new company registrations (-0.2% vs 0.1%), Bursa Malaysia Industrial Index (-0.2% vs -0.5%), approved housing units (-0.1% vs -0.1%), and real money supply (-0.1% vs -0.04%). On the upside, real imports of semiconductors rebounded (0.5% vs -0.2%), as did imports of other basic precious and non-ferrous metals (0.2% vs -0.6%). Annually, the leading index was nearly flat at 0.004%, easing from a 0.4% gain in January. Meanwhile, the coincident index—which tracks current economic conditions—rose 1.9%, reversing a 1.4% decline in January.