KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — Malaysia’s consumer price index (CPI) declined 2.9 per cent in May to 117.9 versus 121.4 in the same month last year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). The 2.9 per cent dropped in the index was similar to that of April...
Wednesday, 24 Jun 2020 12:37 PM MYTKUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — Malaysia’s consumer price index declined 2.9 per cent in May to 117.9 versus 121.4 in the same month last year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia .
“Nevertheless, food and non-alcoholic beverages continued to increase in May 2020 by 1.2 per cent to 134.3 compared to 132.7 in the corresponding month of the preceding year,” he said in a statement today.Similarly, miscellaneous goods and services also inclined by 2.8 per cent, followed by communication , health and education .
“The lower average price of RON95 in April 2020, which recorded RM1.30 per litre compared to RM2.08 in May 2019, contributed to the decrease of the transport and overall index.
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