KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in April 2022 increased 2.3 per cent to 125.9 compared with 123.1 in the same month of the preceding year, the Department of...
KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — The Consumer Price Index in April 2022 increased 2.3 per cent to 125.9 compared with 123.1 in the same month of the preceding year, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said.
According to its CPI April 2022 released today, the DoSM said the increase surpassed the average inflation in Malaysia for the period of January 2011-April 2022 . Chief statistician Datuk Sri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said food inflation in April was higher at 4.1 per cent with 89.1 per cent of food items in the food & beverages group recording increases.
“This was followed by restaurants & hotels , transport , furnishings, household equipment & routine household maintenance , miscellaneous goods & services , and recreation services & culture ,” he said in a statement today. — Bernama
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