KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's inflation rate for the second quarter of 2025 increased more slowly to 1.3 percent as compared to 1.5 percent in the same quarter of 2024, official data showed Tuesday.
The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement that the increase of inflation for the quarter was attributed to restaurant and accommodation services (2.8 percent), food and beverages (2.2 percent), and housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (1.9 percent).
On a quarterly basis, the inflation increased at 0.4 percent, the same rate as in the first quarter of 2025.
According to the statement, Malaysia's inflation rate increased more slowly at 1.1 percent in June. ■
