25th March – 5th April 2024

Japan's Construction Costs to Malaysia's Business Climate

This edition of data additions covers a range of geographical regions focusing on construction material prices in Japan, business expectations in Malaysia, and various global sectoral insights.

Highlights

Japan

Construction material price indexes, sourced from the Japan Construction Research Institute (JCRI), are now available. This dataset encompasses the national level and 10 Japanese prefectures, further delineated by construction type and product type.

In the chart below, we focus on the Tokyo metropolitan area, comparing the year-on-year evolution of residential prices with construction material prices. The analysis indicates that house prices precede construction material prices, with the highest correlation above 0.7, when house prices are advanced by 6 months.

Malaysia

We have enhanced our existing coverage of the Malaysian business tendency survey by incorporating Table 1.3, which details expectations for gross revenues and the number of employees across major business sectors.

In the bar chart below, we compare the latest data for Q4 2024 with the averages before and after the pandemic. The construction sector, which was significantly impacted by the pandemic, is on a gradual path to recovery: its post-pandemic average gross revenue expectation remains negative, below -10%. However, Q4 2024 shows improvement, with year-on-year gross revenues anticipated to increase by 38%. Another notable positive contributor is the services sector, where gross revenues are expected to rise by 18% year-on-year in Q4 2024.

Complete list

China

CISA Daily Average Steel Output
Country & Region > China [cn, Region] > Production [prod, Category] > Output > China Iron & Steel Association

Road Logistics Price Index
Country & Region > China [cn, Region] > Transport & Communications [tran, Category] > Logistics

Real Estate Transactions, By City: Available for sale (Daily)
Country & Region > China [cn, Region] > Construction & Real Estate [cons, Category] > Real Estate > Real Estate Stock > Available for Sale > SouFun-CREIS > Total

Real Estate Transactions, By City: Sales, including second-hand premises (Daily)
Country & Region > China [cn, Region] > Construction & Real Estate [cons, Category] > Real Estate > Real Estate Transactions > Size > SouFun-CREIS > Sales, Including Secondhand Premises > Total

Denmark

SPF Piglets
Source & Release > Denmark [dk, Region] > SPF-Danmark > SPF Piglets [rel_dkspfpiglets, Release]

Italy

Annual adjusted non-performing loan rate
Country & Region > Italy [it, Region] > Money, Banking & Credit [bank, Category] > Deposits & Loans > Loans to Customer > Annual Adjusted Non-Performing Loan Rate

Japan

Construction Material Price Index
Country & Region > Japan [jp, Region] > Construction & Real Estate [cons, Category] > Construction > Construction > Construction Indicators > Construction Material Price Index

Malaysia

DoSM Business Tendency Survey: Present Tendency for Gross Revenue and Number of Employees
Country & Region > Malaysia [my, Region] > Surveys & Leading Indicators [surv, Category] > Business Surveys > Department of Statistics Malaysia > Business Tendency Survey > Net Balance of Current, Expectation for Gross Revenue & Number of Employees > Present Tendency

Residential Property Stock Tables: planned supply
Country & Region > Malaysia [my, Region] > Construction & Real Estate [cons, Category] > Construction > Construction Status > Planned Supply > Malaysian Valuation & Property Services Department

Residential Property Stock Tables: not constructed
Country & Region > Malaysia [my, Region] > Construction & Real Estate [cons, Category] > Construction > Construction Status > Not Constructed > Malaysian Valuation & Property Services Department

Morocco

Exports and Imports by Commodity
Country & Region > Morocco [ma, Region] > Trade [trad, Category] > Foreign Trade > Commodity

Singapore

Financial Stability Review
Country & Region > Singapore [sg, Region] > Money, Banking & Credit [bank, Category] > Deposits & Loans > Banks > Non-Bank Loan Growth Rate

South Korea

Business Surveys, Federation of Korean Industries, Prospects for Domestic Sales
Country & Region > South Korea [kr, Region] > Surveys & Leading Indicators [surv, Category] > Business Surveys > Federation of Korean Industries > Business Survey Index > Prospects > Domestic Sales

Business Surveys, Federation of Korean Industries, Prospects for Exports
Country & Region > South Korea [kr, Region] > Surveys & Leading Indicators [surv, Category] > Business Surveys > Federation of Korean Industries > Business Survey Index > Prospects > Export

Total working hours
Country & Region > South Korea [kr, Region] > Labor Market [lama, Category] > Productivity, Costs & Hours Worked > Total Working Hours

Switzerland

SECO Consumer confidence: 5-years Price outlook
Country & Region > Switzerland [ch, Region] > Surveys & Leading Indicators [surv, Category] > Consumer Surveys > State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO

Taiwan

Industrial Summary: Sales by Industry
Country & Region > Taiwan [tw, Region] > Production [prod, Category] > Industrial Summary > Sales > By Industry

World

EPFR addon module: Equity and Bond Market Domicile Filter
EPFR > Monthly Aggregate Fund Flows & Additional Filters DM Equity Funds > EPFR Global Monthly Additional Filters [rel_epfrafm,