It may have the potential to raise the inflation rate in July. We will find out the amount during the next month's (press) release.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Statistics Indonesia (BPS) recorded that inflation in June 2022 increased by 0.61 percent month-on-month (mom), as was reflected in the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), from 110.42 to 111.09.

BPS Head Margo Yuwono noted in a press conference here on Thursday that red chili, labuyo chili (Capsicum frutescens), shallots, and broiler chicken eggs were the main commodities causing inflation in June 2022.

Meanwhile, the year-on-year (yoy) inflation reached 4.35 percent.

Furthermore, Yuwono stated that out of the 90 cities whose CPI was observed in June 2022, some 85 cities experienced inflation, while the rest recorded a deflation.

The highest inflation, reaching 2.72 percent, was recorded in Gunungsitoli City, North Sumatra Province.

Red chilli contributed 1.42 percent to the inflation in the city, while labuyo chili and shallot contributed 0.28 percent and 0.27 percent respectively.

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"Meanwhile, in July 2022, the government will increase the electricity tariffs. It may have the potential to raise the inflation rate in July. We will find out the amount during the next month's (press) release," the head of BPS remarked.

Volatile prices are the biggest contributor to the inflation, with a contribution of 0.44-percent mom, due to the rising prices of red chili, labuyo chili, and shallot.

The second-highest contributor to the inflation was the core component -- due to the increase in wages for domestic helpers, powder and liquid detergent, as well as house rental fee -- which contributed 0.12 percent.

Meanwhile, the price component regulated by the government contributed 0.05 percent to the inflation due to the rise in tariff for airlines and cigarettes.

On the same occasion, he also noted that the number of tourists visiting Indonesia in May 2022 jumped 1,382.45 percent yoy to reach 212.33 thousand visits, a record clocked since the start of the pandemic in 2020.
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