| Release Date | : | June 20, 2010 |
| File Size | : | 0.91 MB |
Abstract
Based on the results of the Consumer Price Survey of 66 cities in Indonesia in May 2010, there were 58 cities that experienced inflation and 8 other cities experienced deflation. The highest inflation occurred in Maumer 1.51 percent with CPI 130.75 and the lowest in Jambi and Lhokseumawe 0.01 percent with CPI respectively of 119.33 and 118.85, while the highest deflation occurred in Manokwari 1.61 percent with CPI 131.87 and the lowest in Banda Aceh and Ambon 0.07 percent with CPI respectively 117.36 and 120.52. Meanwhile, with inflation of 0.40 percent and CPH 121.48 Mamuju ranked 24th among cities experiencing inflation. The Mamuju City inflation rate in 2010 (December 2009 - May 2010) was 0.09 percent, while the year on year inflation rate (May 2009 - May 2010) was 2.26 percent. Meanwhile for the National scale, inflation in May 2010 in Indonesia was 0.29 percent, with CPI 118.71. Indonesia's inflation rate in 2010 (December 2009 - May 2010) was 1.44 percent, while the year on year inflation rate (May 2009 - May 2010) was 4.16 percent. Inflation in Mamuju in May 2010 was generally caused by an increase in the consumer price index in the following six categories of goods and services: foodstuffs 1.19 percent; processed foods, beverages, cigarettes and tobacco group 0.12 percent; housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel group 0.18 percent; clothing group 0.51 percent; health group 0.71 percent; and education, recreation and sports 0.07 percent. Meanwhile the transportation, communication and financial services group experienced a decline in the consumer price index by -0.17 percent. Significant increase in the foodstuffs group was due to the large share of inflation in the fresh fish and spices sub group of 0.17 percent and 0.14 percent, respectively. While the increase which was also quite significant in the housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel group was caused by the large share of inflation in the housing cost sub-group, namely by 0.03 percent. Commodities contributing to inflation are: fresh milk fish 0.23 percent, garlic 0.11 percent, concrete iron, perfume and pans 0.04 percent each, fresh tuna and gold jewelery 0.03 percent each sugar, onion, young nagka and spinach each 0.02 percent, as well as milk for babies, kale, carrots, milk powder, sweetened condensed milk, long beans, household servant wages, green beans, split salted fish and milk for toddlers each 0.01 percent. Meanwhile, commodities which contributed to the inflation but were negative were: fresh tuna, 0.07 percent, rice -0.05 percent, cell phones -0.03 percent, and live chickens and shampoo -0.02 percent respectively.
