Consumer Price Index

Consumer Price Index Malaysia January 2012

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January 2012 increased by 2.7 per cent to 104.5 compared with that of 101.8 in the same month last year. When compared with the previous month, the CPI increased by 0.3 per cent.

The index for Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Non-Food for the month of January 2012 showed increases of 4.8 and 1.7 per cent respectively as compared to the same month in 2011. Compared to the previous month, the index for Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages increased by 0.8 per cent while the index for Non-Food remained unchanged at 103.2 (Table 1).

 

 

CPI changes for January 2012 / 2011

The 2.7 per cent increase in the CPI was brought about by increases observed in the indices of all the main groups except those of Communication ( - 0.6 per cent ) and Clothing & Footwear ( - 0.5 per cent ). Notable increases among these main groups with high weights were Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages ( + 4.8 per cent ); Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels ( + 1.8 per cent ) and Transport ( + 1.6 per cent ). Other increases were Restaurants & Hotels ( + 4.5 per cent ); Recreation Services & Culture ( + 3.5 per cent ); Education ( + 3.1      per cent ); Miscellaneous Goods & Services ( + 2.7 per cent ); Health ( + 2.4 per cent ) and Furnishings, Household Equipment & Routine Household Maintenance ( + 1.9 per cent ).The index for Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco remained unchanged at 104.6.

 

Table 1 : CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR MAIN GROUPS, MALAYSIA (2010=100)

Group
Wt.
Index
% Change
Jan
2011

Dec
2011

Jan
2012
Jan 2012 /
Dec 2011
Jan 2012 /
Jan 2011
TOTAL
100.0
101.8
104.2
104.5
0.3
2.7
Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages
30.3
102.6
106.6
107.5
0.8
4.8
Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco
2.2
104.6
104.6
104.6
0.0
0.0
Clothing and Footwear
3.4
99.9
99.6
99.4
-0.2
-0.5
Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels
22.6
100.8
102.5
102.6
0.1
1.8
Furnishings, Household Equip. & Routine Household Maintenance
4.1
101.0
102.5
102.9
0.4
1.9
Health
1.3
101.5
103.6
103.9
0.3
2.4
Transport
14.9
103.2
104.9
104.9
0.0
1.6
Communication
5.7
100.0
99.4
99.4
0.0
-0.6
Recreation Services & Culture
4.6
99.7
103.1
103.2
0.1
3.5
Education
1.4
101.0
103.2
104.1
0.9
3.1
Restaurants and Hotels
3.2
103.2
107.5
107.8
0.3
4.5
Miscellaneous Goods & Services
6.3
101.1
103.9
103.8
-0.1
2.7
Non-Food
69.7
101.5
103.2
103.2
0.0
1.7
Durable Goods
6.5
100.2
101.2
100.8
-0.4
0.6
Semi-Durable Goods
4.4
100.2
100.3
100.2
-0.1
0.0
Non-Durable Goods
41.6
102.9
105.5
106.1
0.6
3.1
Services
47.5
101.2
103.8
104.1
0.3
2.9


Based on the above changes and the weights assigned to the main groups, the relative contribution to the overall increase of 2.7 per cent in the CPI can be identified as shown in Table 2. The three main groups, Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages; Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels and Transport together accounted for 79.4 per cent of the overall increase recorded for the current period.

 

Table 2 : CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHANGES IN THE OVERALL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
BY MAIN GROUPS, MALAYSIA (2010=100)
 

Group
Wt.
2010 / 2009
2011 / 2010
January
2012 / 2011
% Change
% Contribution
% Change
% Contribution
% Change
% Contribution
TOTAL
100.0
1.7
100.0
3.2
100.0
2.7
100.0
Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages
30.3
2.4
47.7
4.8
46.4
4.8
55.4
Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco
2.2
4.0
5.1
4.6
3.2
0.0
0.1
Clothing and Footwear
3.4
-1.4
-2.1
-0.2
-0.3
-0.5
-0.7
Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels
22.6
1.1
13.8
1.8
12.5
1.8
14.7
Furnishings, Household Equip. & Routine Household Maintenance
4.1
0.7
1.6
1.8
2.3
1.9
2.7
Health
1.3
1.6
1.3
2.7
1.2
2.4
1.0
Transport
14.9
1.6
14.7
4.4
20.7
1.6
9.3
Communication
5.7
-0.2
-0.7
-0.3
-0.5
-0.6
-1.3
Recreation Services & Culture
4.6
1.6
4.0
2.0
2.8
3.5
5.8
Education
1.4
1.7
1.7
2.2
1.0
3.1
1.6
Restaurants and Hotels
3.2
2.0
3.6
5.9
6.0
4.5
5.6
Miscellaneous Goods & Services
6.3
2.7
9.3
2.4
4.7
2.7
5.9

The 4.8 per cent increase in the index for Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages was the result of increases for Food At Home ( + 4.8 per cent ); Food Away From Home ( + 5.1 per cent ) and Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Non-Alcoholic Beverages ( + 3.2 per cent ). Among the subgroups of Food At Home which showed significant increases during this period were Fish & Seafood ( + 10.0 per cent ); Milk & Eggs ( + 6.2 per cent ); Meat ( + 5.4 per cent ); Sugar, Jam, Honey, Chocolate and Confectionery ( + 5.0 per cent ); Fruits ( + 2.1 per cent ) and Rice, Bread and Other Cereals ( + 15 per cent ).
 


Table 3 : CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR SUB-GROUPS OF FOOD AND
NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, MALAYSIA (2010=100)
 

Sub-group
Wt.
Index
% Change
Jan
2011
Dec
2011
Jan
2012
Jan 2012 /
Dec 2011
Jan 2012 /
Jan 2011
Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages
30.3
102.6
106.6
107.5
0.8
4.8
Food
28.9
102.7
106.7
107.7
0.9
4.9
Food At Home
18.9
103.1
106.7
108.0
1.2
4.8
Rice, Bread & Other Cereals
4.4
100.6
102.1
102.1
0.0
1.5
Meat
2.9
100.7
106.7
106.1
-0.6
5.4
Fish & Seafood
4.5
103.7
110.1
114.1
3.6
10.0
Milk & Eggs
1.8
103.3
109.3
109.7
0.4
6.2
Oils and Fats
0.6
100.1
101.1
101.1
0.0
1.0
Fruits
1.2
105.3
107.5
107.5
0.0
2.1
Vegetables
2.1
108.4
105.3
107.8
2.4
-0.6
Sugar, Jam, Honey, Choc. &
Confectionery
0.6
107.9
113.3
113.3
0.0
5.0
Food Products n.e.c.
0.8
102.3
109.2
110.0
0.7
7.5
Food Away From Home
10.0
102.0
106.8
107.2
0.4
5.1
Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Non-Alcoholic Beverages
1.4
100.9
103.8
104.1
0.3
3.2
 

Monthly Changes for CPI

Compared with the previous month, the CPI for January 2012 increased by 0.3 per cent. Increases were from main groups Education ( + 0.9 per cent ); Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages ( + 0.8 per cent ); Furnishings, Household Equipment & Routine Household Maintenance ( + 0.4 per cent ); Health and Restaurants & Hotels by 0.3 per cent respectively; Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels and Recreation Services & Culture by 0.1 per cent respectively. On the other hand, the main group Clothing & Footwear showed a decrease of 0.2 per cent and Miscellaneous Goods & Services by 0.1 per cent. The indices for Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco; Transport and Communication remained unchanged at 104.6; 104.9 and 99.4 respectively.

The 0.8 per cent increase in the index for Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages in January 2012 compared with that of the previous month was the result of increases in the index for Food At Home ( + 1.2 per cent ); Food Away From Home ( + 0.4 per cent ) and Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Non-Alcoholic Beverages ( + 0.3 per cent ).

Among the food items which recorded notable increases in the index in January 2012 compared with the previous month were Tomatoes ( + 20.5 per cent ); Long Beans ( + 15.9 per cent ); Round Scad (Fish) ( + 7.1 per cent ); Threadfin Bream (Fish) ( + 6.8 per cent ); Hardtail Scad (Fish) ( + 6.5 per cent ); Indian Mackerel (Fish) ( + 5.1 per cent ); Cuttlefish ( + 4.7 per cent ); Red Snapper (Fish) ( + 3.8 per cent ) and Red Chillies ( + 3.2 per cent ).

Meanwhile, the index of some food items decreased in January 2012 compared with the previous month. Among these were Shallots ( - 4.2 per cent ); Onions, Big ( - 3.0 per cent ); Watermelon ( - 2.4 per cent ); Chicken ( - 1.2 per cent ) and Water Spinach ( - 1.2 per cent ).

A reclassification of items according to their durability and services rendered showed increases in Non-Durable Goods ( + 0.6 per cent ) and Services ( + 0.3 per cent ) while Durable Goods and Semi-Durable Goods decreased by 0.4 and 0.1 per cent respectively.

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