Malaysia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January 2023 eased to 3.7 percent from 3.8 percent in December 2022, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

In a statement today, DOSM said the index recorded 129.5 versus 124.9 in the same month of the preceding year, the slower increase was recorded since October 2022.

Chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the increase...