PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's inflation in April eased to 1.9% compared to the same month a year ago against expectations for a 2.1% rise, according to survey of analysts by Bloomberg, which would likely keep interest rates low.
The Statistics Department said on its website that last month's inflation rate, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), rose slightly due to the indices for food and non-alcoholic beverages as well as non-food increasing by 2.3% and 1.6% respectively.
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