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Malaysian Economic Indicators - Leading, Coincident and Lagging Indexes May 2013 (Updated: 24/07/2013)
Highlights
The Leading Index (LI) which monitors the economic performance in advance grew in May 2013. The LI posted an increase of 0.9% to 117.9 points from 116.9 points in the previous month. This was attributed to the increase in the Number of Housing Units Approved (0.6%), Bursa Malaysia Industrial Index (0.4%) and Real Imports of Semi Conductors (0.3%). The annual change of the LI in the reference month also increased to 4.2% from 3.5% in April 2013.
The Coincident Index (CI) which measures the current economic activity, declined by 0.3% in May 2013. The main components that contributed to the decrease were Real Salaries & Wages in Manufacturing Sector and Real Contribution to EPF which registered negative 0.2% respectively. The annual change of the CI recorded a growth of 2.1% compared with 2.6% in the preceding month.
The annual change of the LI remains favourable in the reference month. Supported by the level of Diffusion Index for both indexes above 50.0%, this indicates that the Malaysian economy is expected to expand with a steady growth in the coming months.
(The complete indicators on Leading, Coincident and Lagging Indexes are shown in the following Table 4 
).
Released by:
THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA
24 JULY 2013
