The impacts of food inflation on poverty in Malaysia / Nor Azira Ismail, Shahiszan Ismail and Jamilah Laidin

• Main Authors: Ismail, Nor Azira, Ismail, Shahiszan, Laidin, Jamilah
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2022
• Subjects: Social systems; Life style; Nutrition. Foods and food supply
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/99734/1/99734.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/99734/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Based on a report from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DSM) released on 21, January 2022, Malaysia’s inflation, which was measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), increased by 3.4 percent in June 2022, from a year earlier. This was driven by a 6.1 percent rise in food prices, which remaine...