Malaysia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) in March rose 2.2 percent to 125.6 against 122.9 in March 2021, surpassing the average inflation for the January 2011-March 2022 period which stood at 1.9 percent, said the Statistics Department today.

In a statement, chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the rise in headline inflation was mainly driven by the 4.0 percent year-on-year increase in food and non-alcoholic beverages.

“Food inflation...