Malaysian consumer prices up 1%

Malaysian consumer prices up 1%

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian consumer prices rose 1.0 percent in July from a year earlier and were up 0.2 percent from June, the Statistics Department said on Wednesday.

For the seven months to July, the consumer price index (CPI) was up 1.1 percent year-on-year.

According to data released earlier, inflation in June rose 0.8 percent year-on-year and 0.1 percent from May.

In the January-June period, the inflation rise was due to increases in all components, with the exceptions of clothing and footwear, which declined 2.1 percent, and furniture, furnishings and household equipment and operation, which fell 0.5 percent, the Statistics Department said.

Transport and communication prices rose 2.3 percent, medical care and health services increased 2.0 percent and miscellaneous goods and services added 1.3 percent. -- AFP