Conflict can hurt M’sian pockets

Big supplier: A worker unloading fertiliser to be used on a wheat field near the village of Yakovlivka in eastern Ukraine. The country is a major producer of fertiliser. — Reuters

PETALING JAYA: The effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict are due to be felt by the average Malaysian as the war pushes up prices of oil and energy as well as commodities such as wheat and corn.

Economists say the shortage of these items due to the heightened conflict will add to the disruptions to the global supply chains, thus driving prices up.