East Java Deflation 0.52 percent in February 2015
In the month of February 2015 in East Java deflation of 0.52 percent. All cities CPI in East Java, experiencing deflation. The
highest deflation occurred in Banyuwangi of 1.02 percent, followed by
0.83 percent Kediri, Malang of 0.57 percent, 0.56 percent Sumenep,
Jember of 0.54 percent, Madiun of 0.51 percent. While the lowest deflation at Surabaya and Probolinggo each of 0.42 percent.
Of the seven groups of expenditure, the two groups experienced deflation. Group
expenditure deflation is a group of transport, communications and
financial services by 2.23 percent, and foodstuffs by 1.36 percent. While
the group with the highest inflation in the clothing category at 0.69
percent, followed by food, beverages, cigarettes and tobacco by 0.37
percent, housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel by 0.30 percent,
health of 0.24 percent, and inflation was lowest in education, recreation and sports by 0.08 percent.
Commodities
which provides the largest share of deflation is gasoline, cayenne
pepper, red chili, local transportation, air transportation, eggs,
onion, diesel, cement and potatoes. Commodities
which provides the largest share of inflation is rice, electricity
rates, car, gold jewelry, motorcycles, wine, mattresses, maintenance /
service vehicles, cakes, and parking rates. Rice experienced significant price increases, especially at
week-February 4 due to the reduced supply of rice in the market and the
high demand for rice from outside East Java.
Of 6 provincial capital on the island of Java, five experienced deflation and inflation of the city. The
highest deflation occurred in the town of Serang of 0.94 percent,
followed by 0.67 percent Semarang, Surabaya city of 0.42 percent, 0.40
percent of Yogyakarta city, and the lowest deflation at Bandung by 0.37
percent. While inflation occurs only in the city of 0.24 percent.
Of the 82 cities nationwide CPI, 70 cities experienced deflation and 12 cities experienced inflation. Five
cities experiencing the highest deflation of 2.35 percent Bukit Tinggi,
Padang of 2.07 percent, 2.07 percent of Lhokseumawe, Sibolga of 2.04
percent, Tanjung Pandan by 1.94 percent and amounted to 1.84 percent
Hammer . While the 5 cities with the highest inflation is Tual by 3.20 percent,
1.03 percent Ambon, Balikpapan 0.72 percent, 0.43 percent and Pontianak
Singaraja of 0.42 percent.
The inflation rate of the calendar year (December 2014-February 2015) East Java deflation of 0.32 percent. Inflation
year-on-year (February 2015 to February 2014) in East Java at 6.00
percent, the rate is lower than the inflation year-on-year in February
2014 at 7.03 percent.
