KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s producer price inflation eased for the second straight month in September, figures from the Department of Statistics showed Tuesday.
The producer price index for local production climbed 6.0 percent year-over-year in September, slower than the 6.7 percent rise in August. The price index for mining sector grew the most by 30.8 percent annually in September, followed by a 4.7 percent increase in the manufacturing sector. On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 1.1 percent from August, when it increased by 0.8 percent.
