Inflation rate in September higher compared with a year ago


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s inflation rate in September rose 2.2% from a year earlier – the eighth straight month of increase due to the base effect last year – and the rise in the rate was slightly above Reuters’ forecast of 2.1%.

The Statistics Department in a statement yesterday said that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 2.2% in September 2021 to 122.8 from 120.1 a year ago.

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