In
September 2019 Singaraja City experienced a deflation as deep as -0.87 percent
with the Consumer Price Index (CPI 2012 = 100) of 145.22. The calendar year
inflation rate was 2.07 percent and the year-on-year inflation rate (September
2019 against September 2018 or YoY) was as high as 2.99 percent.
Deflation
(m to m) is indicated by a decrease in the index in one expenditure group,
namely group I (food stuff) as deep as -3.28 percent. While the groups that
recorded an increase in index or inflation were group IV (clothing) as high as
0.21 percent; group III (housing, water, electricity and fuel) as high as 0.11
percent; group VII (transport, communication and financial services) as high as
0.09 percent; group II (processed food, beverages, cigarettes and tobacco) as
high as 0.08 percent; group V (health) as high as 0.06 percent; and group VI
(education, recreation and sports) as high as 0.04 percent.
Commodities
recorded contributing or contributing to deflation in September 2019 include
cayenne pepper, purebred chicken, bananas, shallots, garlic, bean sprouts,
vegetable tomatoes, red chilies, cooking oil and long beans.
From
82 CPI cities, 70 cities experienced deflation and 12 cities experienced
inflation. The deepest deflation was recorded in Sibolga City (North Sumatra)
as deep as -1.94 percent while the shallow deflation was recorded in Surabaya
(East Java) as deep as -0.02 percent. Meanwhile, the highest inflation was
recorded in Meulaboh City (Aceh) as high as 0.91 percent while the lowest
inflation was recorded in Watampone City (South Sulawesi) and Palopo (South
Sulawesi) each as high as 0.01 percent. If ranked from the deepest deflation, Singaraja
ranks 10th out of 70 cities experiencing deflation.
