KUALA LUMPUR: RAM Ratings expects inflation in Malaysia to moderate to 4.4% in April 2017, compared with the high of 5.1% in March due to the tapering off of the low-base effects from the transport fuel component.
In its inaugural issue of the Economic Insight report, the rating agency said the transport fuel component had contributed significantly to the run-up in headline inflation, in the first quarter of this year.
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