Prices

Special Release 2 (For Building and Structural Works) August 2021^*New

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• The Building Material Cost Index (BCI) (without steel bars & with steel bars) for almost all building categories in Peninsular Malaysia increased between 0.1 and 1.8 per cent.

• The BCI in Sabah also showed an increase between 0.1 and 2.6 per cent for almost all building categories.

• The BCI in Kuching showed an increase between 0.1 and 0.2 per cent for almost all categories of building. Meanwhile, the BCI in Sibu and Miri remained unchanged as in the previous month.

• The increase in steel prices was reflected in states which have shifted to the National Recovery Plan (PPN) Phase 2 since July 2021. These states are Perak, Pulau Pinang, Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan and Sabah.

Producer Price Index Malaysia July 2021

The Producer Price Index (PPI) local production edged up to 11.7 per cent year-on-year in July 2021 from 11.5 per cent recorded in June 2021. 

Consumer Price Index Malaysia July 2021

Services Producer Price Index, Second Quarter of 2021

SPPI increased 0.3 per cent in the Second Quarter of 2021 as compared to the same quarter of 2020

Analysis of Annual Consumer Price Index 2020

Household consumption purchasing power declined 16.7 per cent in one decade