KUALA LUMPUR, 6 April -- Zalina Nordin (kanan) bersama Siti Balqis membeli barang keperluan yang dijual dengan harga murah sempena pelancaran Program Jimat Belanja Dapur (JBD) di AgroBazaar Kedai Rakyat 1 Malaysia Jalan Datuk Senu hari ini.--fotoBERNAMA (2018) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA
KUALA LUMPUR: Food & non-alcoholic beverages recorded a 3.5% increase in Kuala Lumpur in July, far exceeding all the states, according to the Statistics Department.
The other state which recorded higher than the national index of 0.7% was Sarawak at 0.9%.
The inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 0.9% in July 2018 from a year ago, which was in line with a Bloomberg forecast.
The CPI for July rose to 119.8 from 118.7 a year ago due to a 6.7% rise in the transport index. The index for housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels climbed 2% and education 1%.
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