Malaysia's consumer price inflation softened further in June to the lowest level in more than four years, data from the Department of Statistics showed on Tuesday.
The consumer price index, or CPI, climbed 1.1 percent annually in June, slightly slower than the 1.2 percent increase in May.
Further, this was the weakest inflation rate since February 2021. Meanwhile, economists had expected inflation to remain stable at 1.2 percent.
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