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CPI INCREASES 0.2 PCT IN APRIL 2019

24/05/2019 12:53 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2 per cent in April 2019 to 121.1 compared to 120.9 in the same month of the preceding year, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said .

Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the main groups that contributed to the increases were housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels (+2.0 per cent), alcoholic beverages & tobacco (+1.2 per cent), education (+1.2 per cent), food & non-alcoholic beverages (+1.1 per cent) and restaurants & hotels (+0.8 per cent).

“On a monthly basis, the CPI remained unchanged as compared to March 2019,” he said in a statement today. 

Meanwhile, Mohd Uzir said the CPI for January to April 2019 registered a decrease of 0.2 per cent as compared to the same period last year.

In terms of overall CPI, he said four states, namely Kuala Lumpur (+0.7 per cent), Penang (+0.7 per cent), Negeri Sembilan (+0.5 per cent) and Selangor & Putrajaya (+0.4 per cent) surpassed the national CPI rate of 0.2 per cent in April 2019 as compared to April 2018.

Johor and Perak showed the same rate of increase as the national CPI.

Besides that, the increase in the index of food & non-alcoholic beverages was reflected in most states in Malaysia.

“Kuala Lumpur recorded the highest increase of 3.6 per cent for food & non-alcoholic beverages index compared with the corresponding month in 2018 and above the national index level in April 2019,” Mohd Uzir said.

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