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MALAYSIAN ECONOMIC STATISTICS REVIEW (MESR), VOLUME 5/2023

Malaysia's economy continues to grow supported by the stability in the labor market and domestic demand


MESR Volume 5/2023 focuses on the recent statistics released in March 2023, some forthcoming statistics for April 2023 and highlights on Malaysia’s economic situation in the first quarter of the year. Furthermore, this edition is complemented with a box article entitled “Does the World Oil Price Have a Direct Influence on Malaysia's Exports of Refined Petroleum Products?” which studies the relationship of exports of Refined petroleum products with world average price of crude oil through correlation analysis as well as investigates the relationship between exports of Refined petroleum products with the imports of Crude petroleum and the Manufacture of Refined petroleum products index.

This MESR will assist users to have the latest information on the economic performance in detail.

The full publication of the MESR Volume 5/2023 can be downloaded through eStatistik portal.


Contact person:
Baharudin Mohamad
Public Relation Officer
Strategic Communication and International Division
Department of Statistics Malaysia
Tel : +603-8090 4681
Fax : +603-8888 9248
Email : baharudin[at]dosm.gov.my
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