KUALA LUMPUR (Bloomberg): Malaysia’s economy swung into deflation in January for the first time since the aftermath of the global financial crisis in 2009 as fuel prices dropped.
Consumer prices declined 0.7% from a year ago after hovering below 1% in the previous seven months, according to the statistics department.
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