Banjarbaru, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - Airfare gave the highest share of the 2019 December inflation in Banjarmasin, beside other commodities, such as sneakhead fish.
"Air transport contributed the highest share of inflation in Banjarmasin, which is the benchmark of inflation rate in South Kalimantan with December inflation of 0,54 percent," Head of South Kalimantan Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Diah Utami in Banjarbaru, Thursday (Dec 2, 2020).
She said, South Kalimantan's inflation, which is a combination of Banjarmasin and Tanjung, in December 2019 was 0.54 percent with a consumer price index of 140.15.
The agency has recorded inflation in Banjarmasin stood at 0.57 percent with a year on year inflation of 4,15 persen, while in Tanjung the inflation was recorded 0.05 percent with YoY inflation rate of 2.15 percent.
"Banjarmasin's Desember 2018 inflation rate against Desember 2019 was recorded at 4,15 percent, but in Tanjung it stood at0,05 percent," she said.
An increase in price index of expenditure group have caused inflation in Banjarmasin, namely foodstuffs group 1.10 percent, food group 0.23 percent, health group 0.07 percent, transportation, communication, and financial service 2.30 percent.
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But three groups experienced a decline, namely housing, water, electricity 0.29 percent, clothing group 0.03 percent, education, recreation and sport group 0.14 percent.
Beside airfare and snakehead fish, commodities that gave the highest share of inflation in Banjarmasin were chicken eggs, grilled fish, and tilapia fish.
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Meanwhile, in Tanjung the price index of processed food, beverage and cigarettes increased by 0.03 percent, housing, water and fuel group 0.25 percent, cloting 0.13 percent, khealth group 0.32 percent, and group of education, recreation and sport 0.02 percent, transportation ggroup 0,21 percent.
Commodities that shared the highest in inflation in Tanjung in December 2019 were tilapia fish, chicken eggs, shallots, household fuel and goldfish.
"Some commodities fell in price shared the highest in deflation including broiler meat, long beans, rice, red chillies, and cucumbers," she said.
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Airfare shares the highest in Banjarmasin's Dec inflation
Jumat, 3 Januari 2020 6:54 WIB
Air transport contributed the highest share of inflation in Banjarmasin, which is the benchmark of inflation rate in South Kalimantan with December inflation of 0,54 percent,