RHB | Malaysia | Inflation Picked Up In March Amid Increase In Fuel Prices

Economic Research	22 April 2015
Malaysia
Economic Highlights
Inflation Picked Up In March Amid Increase In Fuel Prices The headline inflation rate picked up to 0.9% y-o-y in March, after easing to +0.1% in February and from a recent high of +3.3% in August. This, to a larger extent, was attributed to a rebound in retail fuel prices for the first time in four months in tandem with a rise in crude oil prices after the implementation of managed float pricing system that started in December 2014. Economist:  Peck Boon Soon  | +603 9280 2163
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