Consumer Price Index Malaysia April 2020
Consumer price index cpi declined 2 9 per cent in april 2020 to 117 6 as against 121 1 in the same month of the preceding year.
Consumer price index malaysia april 2020. The next monetary policy committee meeting will be held on july 7 2020. This is the lowest rate of change recorded since 2010. Consumer prices up 1 3 percent in 12 months ended august 2020. This is the lowest rate of change recorded since 2010.
Coronavirus covid 19 pandemic impact on august 2020 consumer price index data. Over the 12 months ended august 2020 the consumer price index for all urban consumers cpi u increased 1 3 percent. The consumer price index for september 2020 is scheduled to be released on tuesday october 13 2020 at 8 30 a m. Amid the covid 19 pandemic that has seen malaysia being placed under various phases of the movement control order mco since march 18 the consumer price index cpi that measures consumer price changes of a fixed basket of 12 categories of goods and services had fallen for the first time this year in march by 0 2 per cent when compared against the same month in 2019.
Malaysia s inflation as measured by the consumer price index cpi declined 2 9 in april 2020 from a year earlier due to the drop in prices of transport housing water electricity and fuel according to the statistics department today. Consumer price index february 2020 key findings headline consumer price index cpi for all urban areas annual consumer price inflation was 4 6 in february 2020 up from 4 5 in january 2020. The food prices went up by 14 8 percent and the non food prices increased by 0 4 percent. Food prices increased 4 1 percent over the last 12 months.
Consumer price index cpi in malaysia averaged 72 17 points from 1972 until 2020 reaching an all time high of 122 40 points in january of 2020 and a record low of 24 30 points in january of 1972. Consumer price index malaysia august 2020 new the consumer price index cpi declined 1 4 per cent in august 2020 to 120 1 as against 121 8 in the same month of the preceding year. The consumer price index increased by 1 0 month on month in february 2020. Malaysia s consumer price index cpi for april fell at a sharper rate of 2 9 from a year ago compared with bloomberg s survey of a 1 6 decline due to the drop in prices of transport housing water electricity and fuel.