KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — MIDF Research has maintained Malaysia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) forecast at three per cent for 2023 on softening inflationary pressure, even as the depreciated ringgit remains a downside risk factor for domestic food prices.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 – The Menu Rahmah initiative has successfully contributed to the reduction of the inflation rate of food-outside-the-home prices for the first time since August 2021, said Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — The prevailing rise in food prices or food inflation, as well as supply chain issues, may disrupt access to balanced diets, according to experts who fear that this may have repercussions on people’s health.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Malaysia’s food inflation is set to stay on an upward path in the coming months amid elevated global commodity prices, domestic supply chain disruptions and depreciation of the ringgit.