Housing, Water, Electricity, and Household Fuel Expenditures in Manado Increased by 0.3%

Maintenance, repair, and security expenditures in Manado City in February reached 0.3%. This figure remained stable over the past two months. Among the six inflation groups measured in this area, the housing, water, electricity, and household fuel group contributed 0.04% to inflation in Manado City.

The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) reported that the consumer price index (CPI) for housing, water, electricity, and household fuel in Manado City was at 101.63 in February 2024, higher than the previous month's figure of 101.33.

Compared to the same month last year, inflation for housing, water, electricity, and household fuel decreased by 5.39% (year-on-year/YoY). Compared to the beginning of the year, expenditure in Manado City has grown by 0.3% (year-to-date/YTD).

This inflation sub-group experienced the second-highest increase compared to other contributing inflation sub-groups.

The following are the inflation rates for the housing, water, electricity, and household fuel sub-group measured by BPS in Manado City for February:

• Housing, water, electricity, and household fuel group: 0.04%
• Maintenance, repair, and security group: 0.3%

Compared to 103 other regencies/cities, the highest inflation for housing, water, electricity, and household fuel occurred in Jayawijaya Regency at 0.49% with a CPI of 99.93, and the lowest occurred in Tanjung at -0.05% with a CPI of 101.4. Manado City ranked 13th.

National inflation (general) in February 2024 was 0.37%, down from the previous month (month-to-month/M-to-M). Compared to the beginning of the year, national general inflation reached 0.37% (YTD), and compared to February 2023, inflation decreased by 7.52% (YoY).