Producer price index up 1.9% in April, from 1.6% in March


Chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin said all sectors registered an increase during the month.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s producer price index (PPI), which measures the price changes of goods at the producer level, increased by 1.9% year-on-year (y-o-y) in April , says the Statistics Department.

In March, the PPI was up 1.6% y-o-y, it added.

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