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PETALING JAYA: Higher retail fuel prices is the main reason that resulted in the rise of inflation in the country last month.
According to the Statistics Department, the consumer price index (CPI), which is a gauge of headline inflation in the country, rose 1.8% in May from 1.4% in the preceding month. The pace of CPI increase matched the median estimate of 14 economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
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