Development of the Consumer Price Index / Inflation in Singaraja Municipality April 2020

In April 2020 Singaraja Municipality experienced a deflation as deep as -0.36 percent with the Consumer Price Index (base year 2018 = 100) of 104.84. The April 2020 calendar year inflation rate is as high as 1.17 percent. Meanwhile, the year-on-year inflation rate (April 2020 against April 2019 or YoY) was recorded as high as 2.70 percent.

Three expenditure groups recorded deflation (m to m), namely group IV (household equipment, equipment and routine maintenance) as deep as -1.74 percent; group I (food, drink, and tobacco) as deep as -0.73 percent; and group VII (information, communication, and financial services) as deep as -0.45 percent. Meanwhile, four expenditure groups recorded inflation: group XI (personal care and other services) as high as 0.17 percent; group III (housing, water, electriMunicipality, gas, and other fuels) as high as 0.08 percent; group VI (transportation) as high as 0.04 percent; and group V (health) as high as 0.01 percent. Four other expenditure groups recorded no change in index or stagnant, namely group II (clothing and footwear); Group VIII (recreation, sports and culture); group IX (education) and group X (food and beverage / restaurant supply).

Commodities recorded contributing to or contributing to deflation in April 2020 include, red chili, purebred chicken, canang sari, purebred eggs, bananas, bean sprouts, garlic, and pork.

From 90 CPI cities, 51 cities experienced deflation and 39 cities experienced inflation. The deepest deflation was recorded in Pangkal Pinang (Bangka Belitung) as deep as -0.92 percent while the shallow deflation was recorded in Bogor (West Java) and Semarang (Central Java) each as deep as -0.02 percent. Meanwhile, the highest inflation was recorded in Bau-Bau (Southeast Sulawesi) as high as 0.88 percent while the lowest inflation was recorded in three cities namely Cirebon (West Java), Depok (West Java) and Balikpapan (East Kalimantan) each as high as 0.02 percent. If ranked from the deepest deflation, Singaraja ranks 10th out of 51 cities experiencing deflation.