Malaysia's Feb inflation comes in at 1.8%


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's inflation rose 1.8% to 132.1 in February 2024, defying expectations the consumer price index (CPI) would trend lower.

The increase in the CPI was above the 1.5% recorded in January and higher than the 1.4% median estimate of economists polled by Reuters.

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