Carian mengenai topik headline inflation

The government is targeting headline inflation of 2.0-3.5 per cent and gross domestic product growth of 4.0-5.0 per cent for this year.

Core inflation will also likely trend lower in 2024, and poverty is expected to decline further, World Bank noted.

The Taylor Swift effect that drove up travel and hotel-related costs had analysts looking for an uptick in headline inflation in February.

Malaysia's headline inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), moderated to 1.8 per cent in October 2023, the lowest since April 2021.

Malaysia's headline inflation increased to 3.3 pct in 2022 compared with 2.5 per cent in 2021, while core inflation averaged higher at 3 pct, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said.

Headline inflation continues to remain stable at 4.0 per cent in November 2022, similar to October 2022, as the increase in core inflation was offset by lower inflation in other categories.

Headline inflation has increased to 4.7 pct in August 2022 from 4.4 pct in July, in line with market expectations, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).

Malaysia's CPI increased by 3.4 pct year-on-year (y-o-y) to 127.4 in June 2022 from 123.2 in June 2021, surpassing the average inflation in Malaysia for the January 2011-June 2022 period by 1.9 pct.

For the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020, headline inflation fell 1.5 per cent to 120.3 compared to 122.1 a year earlier.

Malaysias consumer price inflation slowed in October 2017 to 3.7% year on year (yoy). The figure was 4.3% yoy in September 2017.

Headline inflation, as measured by the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), moderated to 2.6 per cent in March (February: 4.2 per cent), reflecting the lower fuel prices.