KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will see minimal inflation rate hike following subsidy rationalisation, including the increase in sugar price, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar said today.
"With the subsidy rationalisation, we do expect the inflation rate to actually increase but within the context of the current inflation rate, which is actually low. So, the rate will be quite acceptable in the sense.
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