Malaysia’s Services Producer Price Index Up 1.0 Per Cent In 3Q - DOSM
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- The Services Producer Price Index (SPPI) rose 1.0 per cent in the third quarter (3Q) of 2025, maintaining the same rate of increase as in the 2Q 2025, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today.
In a statement, chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the accommodation and food & beverage service activities index increased by 3.4 per cent compared to 3.6 per cent increase in the previous quarter, driven by restaurants and mobile food service activities index (4.0 per cent) and beverage service activities index (3.0 per cent).
Other indices that recorded increases were the Education (1.4 per cent), Health (0.7 per cent) and Professional (0.6 per cent) indices.
Mohd Uzir said the transportation and real estate activities indices recorded an increase of 0.5 per cent, while the Arts, entertainment & recreation index registered a modest increase of 0.4 per cent, compared to 4.5 per cent in the previous quarter.
“In contrast, the Information & communication index recorded a marginal decrease of 0.1 per cent, after posting unchanged in the previous quarter, influenced by declines in the Wireless telecommunications activities (-0.1 per cent) and Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (-0.1 per cent),” he said.
Mohd Uzir elaborated that on a quarter-on-quarter basis, the SPPI eased by 0.1 per cent compared to 0.3 per cent in the previous quarter.
He added that the SPPI’s increase in 2Q was mainly contributed by the Accommodation and food & beverage service activities (0.7 per cent), Transportation (0.6 per cent) and Education (0.3 per cent).
-- BERNAMA