May 2017, CPI Combined Lampung Index rose from 129.66 in April 2017 to 130.81 in May 2017, thus inflation of 0.88 percent.
Based on the calculation of the inflation of calendar year (point to point) in May 2017 is 1.95 percent, and year on year inflation (yoy) in May 2017 is 5.12 percent.
Of the seven expenditure groups, five groups experienced inflation, ie foodstuffs rose 2.59 percent; Finished food, beverage, cigarette and tobacco group up 0.21 percent; Housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel group rose 0.81 percent; Clothing group rose 0.21 percent; And the transport, communication and financial services group rose 0.11 percent. Conversely two groups experienced deflation, namely the health group fell 0.26 percent; And education, recreation and sports groups fell 0.07 percent.
From two monitoring cities in Lampung in May 2017, all experienced inflation. Bandar Lampung inflation of 0.89 percent, and Metro inflation of 0.86 percent.
Bandar Lampung City Inflation is ranked 4th and Metro City ranks 5th, out of 82 cities observed the development price. Out of 82 cities, 70 CPI cities experienced inflation and 12 cities experienced deflation. The highest inflation occurred in Tual at 0.96 percent, while the lowest inflation occurred in Bulukumba by 0.02 percent. Conversely, Manado's highest deflation was 1.13 percent, and the lowest was Pematang Siantar by 0.01 percent.
The foodstuff group contributed the highest inflation, at 0.63 percent. The subgroup that became the highest inflation contributor in May 2017 was a subgroup of spices by 0.35 percent.
