November 22, 2013 | Other Activities
In August 2013 the city of Banjarmasin experienced inflation of 1.99 percent. From 66 cities in Indonesia, recorded 66 cities experienced inflation. Inflation was in Sorong at 6.47 percent and the lowest occurred in Louth town at 0.15 percent.
Banjarmasin
inflation due to price increases shown by the increase in the index of
foodstuffs amounted to 5.74 percent, the group of food rose by 0.55
percent, housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel rose by 0.31 per cent
,
clothing rose by 2.25 per cent, the health group rose by 0.04 percent,
education, recreation and sport increased by 1.37 percent. While the transportation, communications and financial services fell 0.08 percent.
Ten
primary commodity that drives inflation is cork, red onion, gold
jewelry, milk, rice, chicken meat, electricity, gas / bloat, sop,
kindergarten.
Ten
major commodities that inhibit inflation is air transport, garlic,
catfish, white cabbage / cabbage, chicken gizzard liver, sugar, Muslim
clothes, carp, school, Sepat.
According
to its components, the goods whose prices are influenced by government
policy (administered goods inflation) generally experienced inflation of
0.69 percent, prices volatile (volatile goods inflation) inflation by
5.32 percent and the core components (core inflation) experienced
infalsi by 0.79 percent.
Inflation
rate of calendar year (January-August) 2013 was 5.90 percent, while the
rate of inflation "year on year" (August 2013 to August 2012) by 7.52
percent.
