PPI down in September 2024 after seven straight months of growth


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures the price changes of goods at the producer level, fell year-on-year to 2.1 per cent in September after seven consecutive months of growth, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the biggest percentage decrease was recorded by the mining sector, which posted a double-digit drop of 16.1 per cent (August 2024: -8.3 per cent).

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