Core consumer prices in Malaysia remained unchanged at 2.3 percent in January of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Core Inflation Rate in Malaysia averaged 1.86 percent from 2016 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 4.20 percent in November of 2022 and a record low of -0.20 percent in July of 2018. source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia
Core Inflation Rate in Malaysia is expected to be 2.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Malaysia Core Inflation Rate is projected to trend around 1.90 percent in 2026 and 2.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.