KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Malaysia's consumer price index

rose 1.3 percent in October from a year earlier, data from the Statistics

Department showed on Friday.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast inflation to remain steady at 1.3

percent, the same as in September, which was the weakest pace in two years.

Prices in October were 0.2 percent higher over the previous month on a

seasonally unadjusted basis.

MALAYSIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (base 2005)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

Oct Sept Aug July June May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov

yr/yr 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.7 3.0 3.3

mth/mth 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1

September

(percentage change year-on-year)

Food, non-alcoholic beverages 2.0

Alcoholic beverages, tobacco 0.3

Clothing, footwear -0.7

Housing, water, electricity, fuels 1.5

Furnishings, household equipment 1.9

Health 1.8

Transport 0.8

Communication -0.7

Recreation services, culture 0.1

Education 2.2

Restaurants, hotels 2.4

Miscellaneous goods/services 1.4

Weightings/contribution to the September 2012 CPI Components

Components Weightings Contribution (pct)

Food, non-alcoholic beverages 30.3 47.1

Alcoholic beverages 2.2 0.4

Clothing, footwear 3.4 -1.7

Housing, water, electricity, fuels 22.6 25.3

Furnishings, household equipment 4.1 5.5

Health 1.3 1.9

Transport 14.9 8.7

Communication 5.7 -3.1

Recreation services, culture 4.6 0.3

Education 1.4 2.4

Restaurants, hotels 3.2 6.1

Miscellaneous goods/services 6.3 7.1

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(Reporting by Anuradha Raghu; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani and Al-Zaquan Amer

Hamzah)

Keywords: MALAYSIA ECONOMY/INFLATION

(anuradha.raghu@thomsonreuters.com)(+603 2333 8040)(Reuters Messaging: anuradha.raghu.thomsonreuters.com@thomsonreuters.net)

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