According to the CPI April 2022, the increase surpassed the average inflation in Malaysia for the period of January 2011-April 2022.
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 .
Mohd Uzir said education increased 1.0 per cent, and housing, water, electricity, and gas & other fuels climbed 0.8 per cent. Elaborating the report, he said the increase in food inflation, which contributed the highest to the overall weight of CPI, remained to be a major contributor to inflation. He added that all subgroups in food & non-alcoholic beverages such as milk, cheese & eggs , meat , vegetables , and fish & seafood recorded increases.
Furthermore, the increase in the transport group was largely due the increase in the average price of unleaded petrol RON97 of RM3.84 per litre compared to RM2.55 per litre in the same month last year.
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