KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 -- Malaysia registered an inflation rate of 1.2 per cent in May 2025, the lowest in 51 months, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) at 134.4 versus 132.8 a year ago, according to the Statistics Department Malaysia (DOSM).

In a statement today, it said Malaysia's slower inflation trend as an open economy was in line with selected countries and region, namely Eurozone (1.9 per cent), South Korea (1.9 per cent), Indonesia (1.6 per cent) and the Philippines (1.3 per cent), in tandem with the decline in global oil prices.

"The decline was also reflected in the Producer Price Index, which registered a -3.4 per cent in April 2025," it said.

The mining sector was the main contributor with a -17.8 per cent (March 2025: -15....