PETALING JAYA: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January increased by 3.2% to 105.1 from 101.8 in the same month last year.
The CPI, which measures inflation rate, saw some notable increases in the main groups with high weights, namely transport at 9.3%, food and non-alcoholic beverages (3.1%) and housing, water, electricity, and gas and other fuels (1.7%).
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