PETALING JAYA: Businesses are likely to maintain their margins going into the new year on lower prices of inputs, given that wholesale prices across the entire value chain have fallen, with government data on Monday showing a contraction in the November producer price index (PPI).
The PPI, a gauge of prices at the factory gate, contracted 1.8% in November on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis and was down 0.3% month-on-month (m-o-m).
