KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's inflation rate in September rose 2.2% from a year earlier – the eighth straight month of increase due to the base effect last year – and the rise in the rate was slightly above Reuters' forecast of 2.1%.
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23 Dec 2020 / 22:44 H. The drop in the CPI is attributed to declines for transport; housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels; clothing and footwear; and furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance. – BERNAMAPIX
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s consumer price index (CPI) fell 1.7% in November to 120 points compared with 122.1 points in the same month of the preceding year, according to the latest figures released by the Department of Statistics.
The drop in the CPI is attributed to declines in the sub-indices for transport (11.1%), housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (-3.3%); clothing and footwear (-0.5%) and furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance (-0.1%), which contributed 45.7% to overall weight.