PETALING JAYA: After six consecutive months of headline deflation, experts believe the country’s muted price pressures will likely continue for the rest of the year, mainly due to the sluggish crude oil prices.
Maybank IB Research’s economics team, led by Suhaimi Ilias, said inflation may only return in 2021 at 2%.
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