In December 2015, ended the 2015 Metro City experienced inflation. Expenditure group that became the trigger of inflation is still dominated by foodstuffs with inflationary contribution of 0.7032 percent. The main cause of inflation in the food group was due to the increase in the index in the subgroup of spices. The next group of subsequent expenditure is the cause of inflation is food, beverages, cigarettes and tobacco with a 0.0663 percent share of inflation; housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel contributed to the inflation 0.0482 percent; clothing with a 0.0255 percent share of inflation; health group contributed to inflation by 0.0261 percent; as well as education, recreation and sports with a 0.0008 percent share of inflation. While the group holding inflation rate this month is the transportation, communications and financial services with the deflation of 0.0021 percent. Index changes on the seventh group such spending causes inflation amounted to 0.87 percent of Metro City.
Commodities that contributed sizeable inflation during the month of December 2015 of which is red onion, eggs, red pepper, cayenne pepper, rice, garlic, electricity, cigarettes, filter cigarettes and prescription drugs.
Based on the calculation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in December 2015, inflation Metro City due to an increase in the index of foodstuffs at 2.47 percent; food, beverage, cigarette, and tobacco and health groups with inflation each by 0.38 percent; housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel which increased the index by 0.22 percent; clothing were up 0.45 percent; as well as education, recreation and sports were up 0.02 percent. While the group index declines and restrain the inflation rate that is the transportation, communications and financial services with deflation of 0.02 percent.
Of the 82 cities that observed overall inflation developments. The inflation occurred in Merauke by 2.87 percent, while the lowest inflation in Cirebon by 0.27 percent. Nationally City Metro with inflation of 0.87 per cent was ranked 54.
Metro City in December 2015 based on the calculation of the rate of inflation (point to point) and year-on-year inflation (year on year) amounted to 2.67 percent.
