The Week Ahead - PPI, CPI, GDP, PMI

Bank Negara will announce its international reserves as of April 15. The international reserves of Bank Negara amounted to US$115.6bil (RM500bil) as of March 31.

Producer price indexTHE Statistics Department is expected to announce the producer price index (PPI) for March, the leading index and coincident index for February this week.

Analysts expect the PPI to increase to 10% in March from 9.7% in February due to the higher prices of primary commodities.