KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 (Xinhua) — Economists hold mixed views on Malaysia’s inflation outlook this year amid the impacts of sales and services tax (SST) and other policy developments.

Maybank Investment Bank said in a note on Wednesday that with the country’s average inflation rate of 1.4 percent in the first half, its full-year 2025 inflation forecast of 2 percent implies upside risk to inflation in the second