IN JUNE 2022, the Statistics Department of Malaysia revealed that Malaysia’s annual inflation rate, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), rose to 2.8% in May 2022 from 2.3% in the previous month.
This inflation rate is the highest recorded percentage since December 2021. Food prices increased by 5.2%, the most since October 2011, amid rising commodity prices.
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