Advertisement
Advertisement

Malaysia’s May CPI up 2.8% y/y, higher than forecast

By:
Reuters
Updated: Jun 24, 2022, 04:23 UTC

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.8% from a year earlier in May, government data showed on Friday.

Shoppers wearing protective masks shop at a market, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.8% from a year earlier in May, government data showed on Friday.

The rise was more than the 2.6% expansion forecast by 17 economists in a Reuters poll. In April, the index had risen 2.3%.

(Editing by Ed Davies)

About the Author

Reuterscontributor

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest international multimedia news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and international news to professionals via Thomson Reuters desktops, the world's media organizations, and directly to consumers at Reuters.com and via Reuters TV. Learn more about Thomson Reuters products:

Did you find this article useful?

Advertisement