Malaysia Inflation: The Latest Official Figure (2026-08-01)
Inflation update: prices in Malaysia ๐ฒ๐พ rose 1.9% in August compared with a year earlier โ up from 1.8% the month before.
Inflation update: prices in Malaysia ๐ฒ๐พ rose 1.9% in August compared with a year earlier โ up from 1.8% the month before.
The figures below come straight from Malaysia's open data portal at data.gov.my, published by the Department of Statistics Malaysia. We reproduce them unedited and add the wider context that a single headline number usually leaves out.
Inflation update: prices in Malaysia ๐ฒ๐พ rose 1.9% in August compared with a year earlier โ up from 1.8% the month before.
Source: DOSM via data.gov.my
For context, here is where the rest of the official numbers sit at the time of writing:
Malaysia headline inflation: 1.8% year-on-year (2026-07). Unemployment rate: 3.0% (2026-06), 517,800 people unemployed. Real GDP growth: 6.0% year-on-year (latest quarter). Fuel: RON95 RM1.99 under BUDI95 / RM2.05 SKPS, unsubsidised RM4.37; diesel RM5.27 (week of 2026-09-17).
These are published figures, not forecasts. DOSM revises earlier periods from time to time, so a number quoted today may be restated later. Nothing here is financial advice.
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