That compares with the median forecast for a 1.6% rise compiled in a survey of six economists by The Wall Street Journal. Malaysia's February CPI +1.5% on Yr Vs Reuters Poll +1.5%.
馬來西亞二月份的CPI同比增長1.5%，與路透社調查結果一致，均爲1.5%。
Malaysia's consumer-price growth slowed slightly in the second month of 2025, extending a long-running streak of stable inflation.
馬來西亞2025年第二個月的消費價格增長略微放緩，延續了長期穩定的通脹趨勢。
The consumer price index rose 1.5% from a year earlier in February, mainly due to a deceleration in housing and utilities price growth, the Department of Statistics said Friday.
根據統計局週五的報告，2月份消費者價格指數同比上漲1.5%，主要由於住房和公共事業價格增長放緩。
That compares with the median forecast for a 1.6% rise compiled in a survey of six economists by The Wall Street Journal.
這與《華爾街日報》對六位經濟學家的調查所編制的中值預測1.6%的上漲相比。
Economists had largely anticipated that inflation would stay broadly steady.
經濟學家們普遍預計通脹將保持大致穩定。
Malaysia's inflation will likely remain manageable through 2025, supported by easing global commodity prices and moderate domestic demand pressures, RHB economist Chin Yee Sian said in a recent note. The country's fuel subsidy reform, set for mid-2025, will probably have limited inflationary impact if implemented gradually, she said. RHB projects inflation to rise 2.4% this year, compared with a 1.8% increase in 2024.
RHB經濟學家陳亦先在最近的一份報告中表示，馬來西亞的通脹在2025年可能保持可控，這得益於全球商品價格的放緩和適度的國內需求壓力。她指出，如果逐步實施，預計到2025年中期的燃料補貼改革將對通脹產生有限的影響。RHB預測今年的通脹將上漲2.4%，而2024年則爲1.8%的增長。
February's data showed that prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, which have a nearly 30% weighting on the consumer price index, rose 2.5% on the year.
2月份的數據表明，食品和非酒精飲料的價格上漲了2.5%，而這類商品在消費者價格指數中所佔的權重接近30%。
Core inflation, which strips out volatile prices of fresh food as well as prices of government-administered goods, increased 1.9% in February from a year earlier.
核心通脹率在2月份同比增長1.9%，剔除了新鮮食品和政府管理商品價格的波動價格。
On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.4% last month, compared with January's 0.1% decrease.
在每月的基礎上，上個月消費者價格上升了0.4%，而1月份則下降了0.1%。
By Ying Xian Wong
作者：黃穎賢
