Leading Index

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Data as of 30 Jun 2023, 23:59

The Leading Index measures anticipations of the overall economic activity in the months ahead. The index tells us where the economy is going.

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How is this data produced?

Data for the compilation of Composite and Diffusion Indexes is obtained from the Department of Statistics Malaysia and the following agencies: (i) Ministry of Housing and Local Government (MHLG); (ii) Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM); (iii) Road Transport Department (RTD); (iv) Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA); and (v) Employees Provident Fund (EPF).

What caveats I should bear in mind when using this data?

The Leading Index is unable to measure or predict the magnitude of any changes of economic activity. The index shows the direction of the economy in advance. The economic indicators are unable to take into account the internal or/and external shock to the economy.

Publication(s) using this data

Malaysian Economic Indicators, June 2023, the latest edition of the leading, coincident, and lagging composite indices published monthly by DOSM. OpenDOSM also features a dashboard on these composite indices.

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Dataset description

The Malaysian Economic Indicators presents current economic information with the purpose of monitoring the economic situation of the country on a monthly basis. It consists of Leading, Coincident and Lagging indicators for Composite and Diffusion Indexes.

Variable definitions

Date
[Date] The date in YYYY-MM-DD format
Coincident Index
[Float] The Coincident Index is a comprehensive measure of the overall current economic performance.
Lagging Index
[Float] The Lagging Index is to validate the signal of the Leading and Coincident Indexes
Leading Index (Diffusion)
[Float] The Diffusion Index is a complement to the Composite Index. It is used to assist in making a decision especially in determining turning point of economic cycle. The value of 100 for Diffusion Index implies that all components are increasing and the value of zero shows that all components are decreasing.
Coincident Index (Diffusion)
[Float] The Diffusion Index is a complement to the Composite Index. It is used to assist in making a decision especially in determining turning point of economic cycle. The value of 100 for Diffusion Index implies that all components are increasing and the value of zero shows that all components are decreasing
Leading Index
[Float] The Leading Index measures anticipations of the overall economic activity in the months ahead. The index tells us where the economy is going.

Last updated:

25 Aug 2023, 12:00

Next update

25 Sept 2023, 12:00

Data source(s)

DOSM

URLs to dataset

License

This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A human-readable copy of the license is available Here.

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Code

Connect directly to the data with Python.

# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd

URL_DATA = 'https://storage.dosm.gov.my/econindicators/economic_indicators.parquet'

df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])

print(df)

Sample OpenAPI query

The following code is an example of how to make an API query to retrieve the data catalogue mentioned above. You can use different programming languages by switching the code accordingly. For a complete guide on possible query parameters and syntax, please refer to the official Open API documentation.

import requests
import pprint

url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=economic_indicators&limit=3" 

response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)

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