Malaysia's consumer price inflation held steady in April after easing to a more than 4-year low in March, data from the Department of Statistics showed on Thursday.
The consumer price index, or CPI, climbed 1.4 percent year-on-year in May, the same as in April, which was the weakest inflation rate since February 2021. Meanwhile, economists had expected inflation to rise to 1.5 percent.
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