Malaysia's unemployment rate held steady at the end of the first quarter, data from the Department of Statistics showed on Tuesday.The jobless rate came in at 2.9 percent in March, the same as in the previous month. In the corresponding month last year, the unemployment rate was 3.0 percent.There were 507,500 unemployed people in March compared to 506,900 in the prior month.The labor force partici...
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May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.