KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) slipped 1.7 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 120.0 in November 2020 from 122.1 recorded in the same month in 2019, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
In a statement today, chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin attributed the lower CPI to the decline in several indices, namely, transport (-11.1 per cent), housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (-3.3 per cent), clothing and footwear (-0.5 per cent) and furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance (-0.1 per cent) which contributed 45.7 per cent to its overall weight.
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