Malaysia’s PMI February 2025

According to the latest report by by S&P Global Market Intelligence, the Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) for Malaysia’s manufacturing sector reached 49.7 in February 2025, under the 50-point threshold that separates growth from contraction.

New orders rose for the first time since last October, driven in part by domestic sales growth, although new export orders declined for the third consecutive month. This led to a more moderate slowdown in production volumes. Consequently, firms reduced their purchasing activity to a lesser extent than in the previous month, while employment levels saw a slight decline at the same pace as in January. 

In terms of prices, input cost inflation remained largely stable, enabling firms to lower selling prices for the second month in a row.

In its latest outlook, the International Monetary Fund estimated the Philippines' GDP growth rate at 4.4 per cent in 2025.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political and economic union of ten members, has 667 million people and a territory of 4.5 million Km2; is currently the third largest economy in Asia-Pacific and the fifth largest in the World. The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has a combined GDP of USD 4.2 trillion, according to estimates for 2024.