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The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) released the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for non-oil and gas commodities in March 2019, which increased by 0.13% to 165.72 from the previous month (MoM). The highest wholesale price inflation occurred in the mining and quarrying sector, namely 1.95% (MoM) and 5.65% compared to the same month of the previous year (YoY). Meanwhile, the wholesale price index for the agricultural sector in March of this year experienced deflation of 0.26% (MoM) and deflation of 3.3% (YoY).
The wholesale price index for domestic trade commodities in March 2019 experienced inflation of 0.1% (MoM) and deflation of 1.2% year-on-year (YoY). Meanwhile, the index for the group of international trade commodities experienced inflation of 2.2% (MoM) and inflation of 2.68% (YoY).
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