KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's inflation rate continued to rise, with the latest data showing that it rose 3.4% in January from a year ago and exceeding a Bloomberg survey of 3.3%.
The Statistics Department said on Wednesday the inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index, also increased by 0.6% from December. The CPI had increased by 3.2% in December.
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