Food Prices Contribute to Highest Inflation in June 2019

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that the highest contributor to inflation was food, at 1.63 percent. This was due to price increases caused by high public demand during the Idulfitri holiday. Inflation in June 2019 was recorded at 0.55 percent.

The next highest contributor to inflation was clothing at 0.81 percent, followed by processed food, beverages, tobacco, and cigarettes at 0.59 percent. The health sector was an expenditure group contributing 0.19 percent to inflation, followed by housing, water, electricity, gas, and fuel, contributing 0.17 percent.

Education, recreation, and sports were the smallest contributors to inflation, at 0.07 percent. Meanwhile, transportation, communication, and financial services were the only expenditure group experiencing deflation, at -0.14 percent.