In January 2017, entered the first month in 2017, Metro City experienced inflation. Group expenditure to trigger the occurrence of inflation dominated by housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel to the inflationary contribution of 0.3732 percent followed by foodstuffs with 0.2431 percent contribution to inflation. Followed by the transport, communication and financial services with 0.0894 percent contribution to inflation; food, beverages, cigarettes and tobacco with a 0.0155 percent share of inflation and inflation share clothing with 0.0021 percent. While groups of expenditure curb inflation in Metro City in January 2017 by the health group contributed deflation of 0.0063 percent and education, recreation and sports with a 0.0011 percent share of deflation. Index changes in all seven such spending causes inflation in Metro City by 0.72 percent.
Commodities that contributed high inflation during the month of January 2017 include electricity tariffs, red peppers, petrol, spinach, tomatoes, wages of domestic helpers, mackerel, pulse rates of mobile phones, the renewal fee stnk and onion. Based on the calculation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in January 2017, inflation Metro City caused by the increase in the index in the group housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel inflation 1.74 percent; foodstuffs with inflation of 0.82 percent; transportation, communication and financial services with inflation of 0.77 percent; food, beverages, cigarettes and tobacco by 0.09 percent inflation and inflation for the clothing group by 0.04 percent. Meanwhile, a group that curb inflation is deflation health group 0.10 percent and education, recreation and sports with deflation of 0.01 percent.
In January 2017, based on the calculation of the inflation of the 82 cities observed price changes, the whole (82 cities) inflation. The highest inflation was in London by 1.82 percent, while the lowest inflation was in Manokwari with inflation of 0.09 percent. Metro City with inflation of 0.72 percent ranks 59th nationally. Of the 23 cities on the island of Sumatra, all of which inflation with the highest inflation occurred in Louth ie by 1.72 percent and the lowest occurred in Bukit Tinggi that is equal to 0.22 percent. Metro City with inflation of 0.72 per cent was ranked 14th on the island of Sumatra.
