MALAYSIA’S Consumer Price Index (CPI) for April increased to 3.3% with the index points standing at 130.0 from 125.9 in the same month last year, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said.
Chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin said in a statement today that the increment was driven mainly by restaurants and hotels (6.6%) and food and non-alcoholic beverages (6.3%).