Inflation rises 2.2pct, food inflation up 4pct last month

Malaysia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) in March rose 2.2 percent to 125.6 against 122.9 in March 2021, surpassing the average inflation for the January 2011-March 2022 period which stood at 1.9 percent, said the Statistics Department today.

In a statement, chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the rise in headline inflation was mainly driven by the 4.0 percent year-on-year increase in food and non-alcoholic beverages.

“Food inflation...