Trend behaviour of Malaysia Consumer Price Index: evidence from national database (2003-2022)
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a general indicator used to measure price changes over time. The Malaysia CPI is published using a base year of 2010. This study aimed to identify the significant trend behavior in the Malaysia CPI series for the period 2003–2022. The main question of the paper is w...
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| description | The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a general indicator used to measure price changes over time. The Malaysia CPI is published using a base year of 2010. This study aimed to identify the significant trend behavior in the Malaysia CPI series for the period 2003–2022. The main question of the paper is whether there exists any difference in trends between the main and overall CPI variables? If so, is the difference significant? If so, how strong or weak is the magnitude of its trend? This is analyzed empirically through five statistical analysis methods involving the serial correlation analysis, Mann–Kendall test, Mann–Kendall sequential test, Sen’s-T test, and Sen’s estimator. Overall, we conclude that there is a significant upward trend for 11 of the 13 variables, while two variables, which are Transportation and Communication, showed no significant monotonic trend. The results of this study provide insight into a better understanding of the behavioral trends of the CPI in Malaysia. This study can help policymakers to understand the importance of increasing expenditure into certain sectors in order to have better production and with this implementation, the trend of inflation rate can be better understood. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:239282024-08-06T03:12:57Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23928/ Trend behaviour of Malaysia Consumer Price Index: evidence from national database (2003-2022) Nurulkamal Masseran, Nazihah Ruzelan, Nur-Firyal, R., The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a general indicator used to measure price changes over time. The Malaysia CPI is published using a base year of 2010. This study aimed to identify the significant trend behavior in the Malaysia CPI series for the period 2003–2022. The main question of the paper is whether there exists any difference in trends between the main and overall CPI variables? If so, is the difference significant? If so, how strong or weak is the magnitude of its trend? This is analyzed empirically through five statistical analysis methods involving the serial correlation analysis, Mann–Kendall test, Mann–Kendall sequential test, Sen’s-T test, and Sen’s estimator. Overall, we conclude that there is a significant upward trend for 11 of the 13 variables, while two variables, which are Transportation and Communication, showed no significant monotonic trend. The results of this study provide insight into a better understanding of the behavioral trends of the CPI in Malaysia. This study can help policymakers to understand the importance of increasing expenditure into certain sectors in order to have better production and with this implementation, the trend of inflation rate can be better understood. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23928/1/SE%2017.pdf Nurulkamal Masseran, and Nazihah Ruzelan, and Nur-Firyal, R., (2024) Trend behaviour of Malaysia Consumer Price Index: evidence from national database (2003-2022). Sains Malaysiana, 53 (4). pp. 953-967. ISSN 0126-6039 https://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol53num4_2024/contentsVol53num4_2024.html |
| spellingShingle | Nurulkamal Masseran, Nazihah Ruzelan, Nur-Firyal, R., Trend behaviour of Malaysia Consumer Price Index: evidence from national database (2003-2022) |
| title | Trend behaviour of Malaysia Consumer Price Index: evidence from national database (2003-2022) |
| title_full | Trend behaviour of Malaysia Consumer Price Index: evidence from national database (2003-2022) |
| title_fullStr | Trend behaviour of Malaysia Consumer Price Index: evidence from national database (2003-2022) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trend behaviour of Malaysia Consumer Price Index: evidence from national database (2003-2022) |
| title_short | Trend behaviour of Malaysia Consumer Price Index: evidence from national database (2003-2022) |
| title_sort | trend behaviour of malaysia consumer price index: evidence from national database (2003-2022) |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23928/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23928/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23928/1/SE%2017.pdf |