BPS : Dua Kota IHK di Papua Alami Deflasi Central Bureau of Statistics: Two Cities of CPI in Papua Experience Deflation
Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) Provinsi Papua mencatat sebanyak dua dari tiga kota Indeks Harga Konsumen (IHK) di Bumi Cenderawasih pada Agustus 2022 mengalami deflasi atau penurunan harga barang dan jasa secara umum. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) of Papua Province recorded that two of the three Consumer Price Index (CPI) cities in Papua experienced deflation or a decrease in the price of goods and services in general in August 2022.
JAYAPURA - Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) Provinsi Papua mencatat sebanyak dua dari tiga kota Indeks Harga Konsumen (IHK) di Bumi Cenderawasih pada Agustus 2022 mengalami deflasi atau penurunan harga barang dan jasa secara umum.
Deflasi terjadi di Kabupaten Merauke dan Kota Jayapura, masing-masing sebesar 0,85 persen dan 0,27 persen. Sementara inflasi terjadi di Timika sebesar 0,48 persen.
“Sehingga tingkat deflasi gabungan tiga kota IHK di Bumi Cenderawasih terdapat sebesar 0,18 persen pada Agustus 2022,” terang Kepala BPS Provinsi Papua Adriana Helena Carolina di Jayapura, Kamis,
Lebih lanjut dijelaskan Adriana, deflasi di dua kota IHK terjadi karena adanya penurunan harga yang ditunjukkan oleh turunnya indeks kelompok pengeluaran.
"Seperti kelompok makanan, minuman, dan tembakau sebesar 0,11 persen kemudian kelompok transportasi sebesar 2,52 persen dan kelompok rekreasi, olahraga dan budaya sebesar 0,03 persen, " ujar ia.
Sementara untuk tingkat inflasi tahun kalender (Januari-Agustus) 2022, tambah dia, sebesar 4,42 persen dan tingkat inflasi tahun ke tahun (Agustus 2022 terhadap Agustus 2021) sebesar 6,50 persen.
“Sehingga pada Agustus 2022 bahan makanan mengalami deflasi sebesar 0,12 persen kemudian tingkat inflasi bahan makanan tahun kalender (Januari-Agustus) 2022 sebesar 6,98 persen dan tingkat inflasi bahan makanan tahun ke tahun (Agustus 2022 terhadap Agustus 2021) sebesar 9,97 persen, " tandasnya. ***
JAYAPURA - The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) of Papua Province recorded that two of the three Consumer Price Index (CPI) cities in Papua experienced deflation or a decrease in the price of goods and services in general in August 2022.
Deflation occurred in Merauke Regency and Jayapura City, at 0.85 percent and 0.27 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, inflation occurred in Timika at 0.48 percent.
"So that the combined deflation rate of the three CPI cities is 0.18 percent in August 2022," explained the Head of BPS Papua Province, Adriana Helena Carolina in Jayapura, Thursday.
Adriana further explained that deflation in the two CPI cities occurred due to a decrease in prices indicated by a decrease in the expenditure group index.
"Such as the food, beverage and tobacco group at 0.11 percent, then the transportation group at 2.52 percent and the recreational, sports and cultural group at 0.03 percent," she said.
Meanwhile, the inflation rate for January-August 2022, she added, was 4.42 percent and the year-on-year inflation rate (August 2022 against August 2021) was 6.50 percent.
"So that in August 2022 foodstuffs experienced deflation of 0.12 percent, then the inflation rate of foodstuffs for January-August 2022 was 6.98 percent and the year-on-year food inflation rate (August 2022 against August 2021) was 9.97 percent," she said. ***
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