JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) revealed that April 2014 inflation was 0.02%. Of 82 cities, 39 cities recorded deflation.
The deflation was contributed by stapple foods (1.09%) and clothing (0.25%).
While inflation occured in processed food beverages, cigarettes, and tobacco (0.45%), housing, water, electricity, gas, fuel (0.25%), health (0.61%), education, recreation, and sport (0.24%), and transportation, communication, financial services (0.2).
January-April inflation was 1.39% and year-on-year inflation was 7.25%.