KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's consumer price index (CPI) in May rose 2.8% from a year earlier, led higher by an increase in restaurants and hotels prices.
The result was less than forecast by a Reuters poll of economists, who had projected a 3% increase in the index, and below the 3.3% growth recorded in April 2023.
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