· In April 2018, Metro Municipality experienced deflation of 0.12 percent due to a drop in index from 138.34 in March 2018 to 138.18 in April 2018. The five spending groups contributed to deflationary formation, the foodstuff category of 0.1112 percent; followed by housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel by 0,0095 percent; next the health group by 0,0093 percent; education, recreation and sports group by 0,0022 percent and clothing by 0,0019 percent. In contrast, expenditure groups contributing to inflation, ie transport, communications and financial services by 0,0163 percent and food, beverages, cigarettes and tobacco by 0.0027 percent.
· Some of the dominant commodities contributing to deflation include rice, red chili, sugar, squid, cement, cooking oil, shampoo, color television, carrots and refrigerator / refrigerator.
· Metro City Inflation was ranked 66th out of 82 cities observed for its price growth, with 54 CPI cities experiencing inflation and 28 cities experiencing deflation. The highest inflation occurred in Merauke at 1.32 percent and the lowest inflation experienced by Padang and Kudus by 0.01 percent. The highest deflation occurred in Tual at 2.26 percent and the lowest deflation occurred in Medan, Bandar Lampung and Tegal by 0.01 percent.
· Metro City, in April 2018 based on the calculation of calendar year inflation (Point to Point) is 0.72 percent and year on year inflation (YoY) is 2.52 percent.
