Malaysia’s producer price index 2.9% lower in March, manufacturing index up

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production, which measures prices of goods at the factory gate, declined further to – 2.9 per cent in March 2023…

Steel and cement prices continue to rise in March

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The unit price index of steel rose 0.9 per cent in March 2023 from 1.5 per cent in February in tandem with the increasing trend of iron…

PPI slides 0.8% in February 2023

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production, which measures prices of goods at factory gate, shrank 0.8 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in February 2023 against a…

Malaysia’s CPI stays at 3.7% in Feb

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s inflation rate in February 2023 remained at 3.7%, led higher by growing costs in food and hospitality. The rate of increase, which brought the consumer price…