In a statement today, chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the increase also surpassed the average inflation for the period 2011 to 2021 .
Chicken increased 13.6 per cent and recorded an average price of RM9.54 per kilogramme compared to RM8.40 in December 2020, eggs recorded a double digit increase of 13.5 per cent last month, while milk also went up 3.0 per cent. Besides that, he said the slower increase in the transport group price index compared to November 2021 was due to the higher price of unleaded petrol RON95 in December 2020 as at RM1.74 per litre which has narrowed the difference between the ceiling price of unleaded petrol RON95 set by the government in March 2021 .As for CPI by states, he noted that all states recorded an increase in December 2021, with eight states showing an increase above the national inflation level of 3.
"Inflation without fuel rose 2.0 per cent in December 2021 to 115.1 from 112.8 in the same month of the preceding year,” he said.
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