25.06.202604:10:31UTC+00Malaysia Leading Economic Index Rises 1.25% in April

Malaysia’s leading economic index rose 1.25% month-on-month in April 2026, after a revised 0.04% increase in March. This marked the second consecutive monthly gain and the strongest expansion since October, driven primarily by recoveries in real imports of semiconductors (0.9% vs. -0.5% in March) and in the number of newly registered companies (0.9% vs. -0.1%).

Additional support came from modest increases in the Bursa Malaysia Industrial Index (0.1% vs. 0.01%) and in housing units (0.04% vs. 0.2%). In contrast, there were declines in the sub-indices for real money supply M1 (-0.3% vs. 0.2%) and real imports of other basic precious and non-ferrous metals (-0.1% vs. 0.2%).

On a year-on-year basis, the leading index advanced 1.29%, accelerating from an upwardly revised 0.7% in March. Meanwhile, the coincident index, which measures current economic conditions, increased 0.9% month-on-month in April, following a 0.8% rise in March.