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Malaysia Retail Sales 2024-10-14 12:30 Asia/Kuala_Lumpur: data, chart, and analysis

Malaysia Retail Sales came in at 3.951 on Oct 14, 2024, compared with 4.551 previously. See the full release history, chart, Bank Negara Malaysia context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
3.951
Previous
4.551
Forecast
--
Reference period
2024-08-31

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Malaysia Retail Sales release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Malaysia Retail Sales chart through 2024-08-31
MYR Retail Sales readings through 2024-08-31. Latest: 3.951.

Retail Sales release read

Malaysia Retail Sales came in at 3.951 on Oct 14, 2024, compared with 4.551 previously. See the full release history, chart, Bank Negara Malaysia context, and API access for this series.

The parent Retail Sales page shows the full time series for Malaysia. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For MYR event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID myr_retail_sales_2024-10-14
API announcement ID myr_retail_sales_2024-08-31
Release time
2024-10-14 04:30 UTC
Reference period date 2024-08-31
Actual value 3.951
Previous value 4.551
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1728880200

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Malaysia Retail Sales history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

More Malaysia Retail Sales releases

Move through adjacent announcement records for the same series.

Newer release

2024-11-12 12:30 Asia/Kuala_Lumpur · 3.758

Older release

2024-09-12 12:30 Asia/Kuala_Lumpur · 4.551

Related Malaysia indicators

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Business Confidence

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Consumer Confidence

Survey-based measure of consumers' confidence in economic conditions, employment prospects, and personal finances.

Core Inflation

CPI excluding volatile items like food and energy.

Current Account Balance

Measures trade in goods and services and income flows.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Growth

GDP growth: the quarterly change in the inflation-adjusted value of all goods and services produced in the economy.

Industrial Production

Measures the output of the industrial sector (manufacturing, mining, utilities).

Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for Malaysia Retail Sales.

What did Malaysia Retail Sales come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

Malaysia Retail Sales was 3.951% month on month in August 2024. The previous reading was 4.551%.

When was this Malaysia Retail Sales release published?

This release was published on Oct 14, 2024 at 12:30 Asia/Kuala_Lumpur. The publication time is derived from the lag measured on this series' confirmed releases and the record carries the release_time_assumed flag.

When is the next Malaysia Retail Sales release?

The next Malaysia Retail Sales release is scheduled for Oct 9, 2026 at 12:00 Asia/Kuala_Lumpur.

What is the official source for Malaysia Retail Sales?

ABS publishes the official Retail Sales series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1728880200,
  "announcement_id": "myr_retail_sales_2024-08-31",
  "capture_time_basis": "backfill_fetch_completed",
  "date": "2024-08-31",
  "observed_at_ns": 1789030173664593500,
  "previous_value": 4.551,
  "publication_time_precision": "unknown",
  "publication_time_status": "assumed_historical",
  "release_time_assumed": true,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "capture_time_basis": "backfill_fetch_completed",
      "epoch": 1728880200,
      "is_first_release": false,
      "observed_at_ns": 1789030173664593500,
      "publication_time_precision": "unknown",
      "publication_time_status": "assumed_historical",
      "val": 3.951,
      "vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
    }
  ],
  "val": 3.951,
  "vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
}