<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（吉隆坡1日讯）10月日经大马制造业采购经理人指数（PMI）跌至48.6，相比9月的49.9；而随上个月停滞后，制造领域整体经营状况恶化为7月以来最快。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>根据IHS Markit汇编的调查，PMI低于长期平均的49.3。这与大马制造业健康状况适度恶化相符。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>IHS指出，整体下滑主要由于新工作减少和缩减幅度自7月以来最快。</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“受访者认为新订单减少，归咎于需求疲软。”</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>同时，新出口订单连续两个月下跌，幅度自2016年12月以来最快。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“制造业在10月的产量有所增加，但增幅微小。”</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>为了应对疲软的需求和备用营运产能，企业减少就业人数的速度是2016年8月以来最快。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“企业也减少采购活动，并继续面对严重的通货膨胀压力。”</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“但企业受制于转嫁成本负担予客户。”</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>IHS经济学家Aashna Dodhia表示，制造业在10月进入一个颠簸的走势。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“这主要由于国内外对大马商品的需求下降：新订单和新出口订单分别以2017年7月和2016年12月以来的最快速度下跌。”</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>同时，对未来12个月产出前景的商业信心跌至5月来最低。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Aashna说：“但制造业有一丝曙光，因通胀压力从上个月开始缓和。”</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（编译：陈慧珊）</p></div>


（吉隆坡1日讯）10月日经大马制造业采购经理人指数（PMI）跌至48.6，相比9月的49.9；而随上个月停滞后，制造领域整体经营状况恶化为7月以来最快。

根据IHS Markit汇编的调查，PMI低于长期平均的49.3。这与大马制造业健康状况适度恶化相符。

IHS指出，整体下滑主要由于新工作减少和缩减幅度自7月以来最快。

“受访者认为新订单减少，归咎于需求疲软。”

同时，新出口订单连续两个月下跌，幅度自2016年12月以来最快。

“制造业在10月的产量有所增加，但增幅微小。”

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新订单减少 大马10月PMI跌至48.6

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<p>Here is a brief recap of some business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Friday.</p>


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<p>US&nbsp;regulators have seized Republic First Bancorp and agreed to sell it to Fulton Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) said on Friday, underscoring the challenges facing regional banks a year after the collapse of three peers.</p>


<p>Nomination&nbsp;for the Kuala Kubu Baharu state by-election opened at 9am on Saturday at&nbsp;the Hulu Selangor Multipurpose Hall and District Sports Complex here.</p>


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<p>Two earthquakes, the largest a 6.1 magnitude, struck Taiwan's eastern county of Hualien on Saturday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.</p>

<p>The quakes, within half an hour of each other in the early hours of the morning, shook buildings in the capital, Taipei.</p>


<p>Alphabet Inc&nbsp;closed decisively above a US$2 trillion (RM9.54 trillion) market capitalisation for the first time on Friday, as a powerhouse earnings report reassured investors that the Google parent would be a major player in artificial intelligence (AI).</p>
