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