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May 2013, the city of Bandar Lampung experienced deflation again. Only
two expenditure groups contributed to the formation of deflation in
Bandar Lampung City, namely the foodstuffs group contributed to
deflation at 0.53 percent and the clothing group at 0.09 percent.
Meanwhile, the groups that contributed to inflation were the housing,
water, electricity, gas and fuel groups at 0.17 percent; health group by
0.03 percent; education, recreation and sports group at 0.01 percent;
and the processed food, beverages, cigarettes and tobacco group
contributed to inflation of 0.01 percent. Meanwhile, the transport,
communications and financial services groups did not contribute. Price
changes in the seven expenditure groups caused deflation in Bandar
Lampung City of 0.40 percent.
Several
commodities that dominantly contributed to deflation include shallots,
garlic, gold jewelry, tomatoes, rice, fresh tuna, fresh goldfish, fresh
mackerel, young jackfruit, watermelon and cooking oil.
Based
on the calculation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), deflation in
Bandar Lampung City occurred due to a decline in the index in the
foodstuffs group which fell 1.83 percent; clothing group fell 1.60
percent; and the transportation, communications and financial services
group fell 0.01. Meanwhile, the health group experienced an increase in
the index of 0.99 percent; the housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel
group increased by 0.75 percent; the education, recreation and sports
group rose 0.12 percent; and the prepared food, beverages, cigarettes
and tobacco group rose 0.03 percent.
Deflation
The city of Bandar Lampung was ranked 51st out of 66 cities where price
developments were observed. Of the 66 cities, 43 cities experienced
deflation and 23 cities experienced inflation. The largest deflation
occurred in Mataram at 1.03 percent, while the lowest deflation occurred
in Tasikmalaya and Pekanbaru at 0.01 percent each. The highest
inflation was experienced by Ambon at 2.25 percent, while the lowest
inflation was experienced by Bogor at 0.01 percent.
Bandar
Lampung City, based on calendar year inflation calculations (point to
point) in May 2013 was 1.83 percent and year on year (yoy) inflation was
5.28 percent.
