KUALA LUMPUR (April 20): The consumer price index for March rose 2.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 104.5 from 102.4 a year earlier, due mainly to increases in the food and non-alcoholic beverages and non-food indices.
In a statement Friday, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said that for the January to March period the index was up 2.3% y-o-y.
On a month-on-month basis, the March index was unchanged from the prior month, it said.
The index for Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Non-Food for the month of March 2012 showed increases of 2.9 and 1.7% respectively as compared to the same month in 2011, it said.
For the period January to March 2012, the index for Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Non-Food increased by 3.6% and 1.7% respectively.
Compared with the previous month, the index for Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Non-Food remained unchanged at 106.7 and 103.5 respectively, it said.
In a statement Friday, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said that for the January to March period the index was up 2.3% y-o-y.
On a month-on-month basis, the March index was unchanged from the prior month, it said.
The index for Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Non-Food for the month of March 2012 showed increases of 2.9 and 1.7% respectively as compared to the same month in 2011, it said.
For the period January to March 2012, the index for Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Non-Food increased by 3.6% and 1.7% respectively.
Compared with the previous month, the index for Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Non-Food remained unchanged at 106.7 and 103.5 respectively, it said.
