(Source: DOSM - Department of Statistics Malaysia) The Producer Price Index (PPI) comprises of indices for local production, imports and domestic economy. The domestic economy price index is a composite index based on the price data derived from the local production and importprice indices. DOMESTIC ECONOMY Year-on-year comparison showed that the PPI for domestic economy in October 2015 decreased by 2.6 per cent with local production index dropped by 4.8 per cent while the import price index increased by 1.8 per cent. (Table I) The PPI for domestic economy in October 2015 registered an increase of 1.7 per cent when compared with the previous month. This was due to the increases in local...
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