Chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin (pic) said: “Other than the increases in food and non-alcoholic beverages group (3.2%) and transport group (9.5%), the inflation rate of 3.2% in December was also attributed to the higher price in housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels group (3.4%); furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance (2.7%) as well as restaurants and hotels (1.3%)”.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 3.2% in December 2021 to 124.5 as against 120.6 in the same month of the preceding year due to the low base effect, according to the Statistics Department.
The increase also surpassed the average inflation for the period 2011 to 2021 of 1.9%.
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