Rakyat negara ini menerima tamparan kali kedua apabila perangkaan rasmi menunjukkan bahawa harga barangan dan perkhidmatan semakin meningkat manakala peluang pekerjaan dan upah pula terus mengecut.
Menurut statistik Jabatan Perangkaan, indeks harga pengguna (IHP) bagi Januari 2016 menunjukkan bahawa harga barangan pada bulan lalu adalah 3.5 peratus lebih tinggi daripada harga pada Januari 2015.
Kenaikan itu adalah lebih ketara daripada apa yang berlaku pada bulan Disember 2015, apabila ia melambung 2.7 peratus mengikut perbandingan tahun ke tahun.
Pada masa yang sama, Indeks Coincident (Serentak) yang mengukur aktiviti ekonomi, merosot sebanyak 0.1 peratus pada Disember 2015, berbanding dengan bulan sebelumnya.
Penurunan paling ketara, katanya, adalah peluang pekerjaan dalam sektor pembuatan (-0.2 peratus) dan gaji sebenar dalam sektor pembuatan (-0.2 peratus).
"Ini menunjukkan bahawa perkembangan ekonomi Malaysia akan terus bergerak pada kadar yang lebih perlahan dalam tempoh terdekat ini," kata satu kenyataan oleh Pejabat Ketua Perangkawan.
Semalam, laporan Matlamat Pembangunan Milenium Malaysia 2015, Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu berkata isi rumah berpendapatan rendah bawah 40 peratus (B40) paling teruk terjejas akibat pelaksanaan Cukai Barang dan Perkhidmatan (GST).
Menurut laporan itu, GST yang diperkenalkan pada kadar enam peratus pada April tahun lalu mengikis sebahagian besar pendapatan dengan mereka 79 peratus daripada pendapatan bulanan mereka.
Sejumlah 2.7 juta isi rumah membentuk B40, yang berpendapatan kurang daripada RM3,000 sebulan.
sumber:::https://www.malaysiakini.com
Malaysians are set for a double whammy as official statistics show prices making steeper climbs, while employment and wages shrink.
The consumer price index (CPI) for January 2016 shows that prices last month were 3.5 percent higher than they were in January 2015, The Department of Statistics said today.
This hike is sharper than in December 2015, when the rise was 2.7 percent year-on-year.
At the same time, the coincident index (CI), which measures economic activity, declined by 0.1 percent in December 2015, compared to the previous month.
Notable decreases, it said, was employment in the manufacturing sector (-0.2 percent) and real salaries in the manufacturing sector (-0.2 percent).
“This implies that the Malaysia’s economic expansion will continue at a slower pace in the near term,” a statement by the Office of the Chief Statistician said.
This comes after the United Nations Millennium Development Goal report on Malaysia released found Malaysia’s bottom 40 percent of households (B40) hardest hit by the goods and services tax (GST).
Introduced at 6 percent in April 2015, the tax shaves off what little savings the B40 can make, after using an average of 79 percent of their monthly income on household needs, it said.
A total 2.7 million households make up the B40, who make less than RM3,000 a month.
The Statistics Department said the rise in the CPI was driven by price hikes in twelve major groups of consumer items, leading with alcohol and tobacco which recorded a jump of 22.6 percent.
Food and non-alcoholic items are 3.9 percent pricier compared to January 2015, it said.
Other notable hikes include:
Housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels - 3.1 percent;
Furnishings, household equipment & routine household management - 4.1 percent;
Health - 4.6 percent;
Transport - 0.6 percent;
Recreation services & culture - 2.3 percent;
Education - 2.6 percent; and
Restaurant & hotel - 4.5 percent.
source:::http://www.malaysiakini.com
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