PriceCatcher: 2024/07

Data as of 31 Jul 2024, 23:59

The table below provides a preview of the full dataset, which contains over a million prices. We recommend that you download and work with the data in a coding environment. This data should be used in conjuction with the Item Lookup and Premise Lookup tables.

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How is this data produced?

Prices are collected and verified by groundstaff on a daily basis, with over 2 million prices collected every month.

What caveats I should bear in mind when using this data?

This data is collected for the purpose of price surveillance, and is excellent for high-frequency analysis of specific items in specific locations. Inflation surveillance requires a different approach, in particular to ensure proper representativeness. Inflation analysis should be conducted using DOSM's CPI data.

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Dataset description

The table below provides a preview of the full dataset, which contains over a million prices. We recommend that you download and work with the data in a coding environment. This data should be used in conjuction with the Item Lookup and Premise Lookup tables.

Variable definitions
Last updated:

01 Aug 2024, 12:00

Next update:

02 Aug 2024, 12:00

Data source(s)
  • Ministry of Domestic Trade
  • Department of Statistics Malaysia
License

This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.

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Code

Connect directly to the data with Python.

# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet import pandas as pd URL_DATA = 'https://storage.data.gov.my/pricecatcher/pricecatcher_2024-07.parquet' df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA) if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date']) print(df)

Sample OpenAPI query

This data catalog is not available through OpenAPI as the nature of the data makes it unsuitable for API access. For the full dataset, please use the provided download link as shown in the above section.