Malaysia's March CPI rises 1.4% y/y, below forecast

FILE PHOTO: A shopkeeper sorts goods at a grocery shop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain/File Photo
KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia's consumer price index rose 1.4 per cent in March from a year earlier, government data showed on Wednesday.
The rise was less than the 1.6 per cent increase forecast in a Reuters poll of economists. In February, the index rose 1.5 per cent.
Source: Reuters