Banjarmasin, S Kalimatan (ANTARA) - The Provincial government of South Kalimantan has recorded annual inflation stood at 1,81 percent, lower than the national average of 1.87 percent for July 2025.
"Inflation in South Kalimantan as of the fourth week of July is still well-controled, even lower that the national rate," said Sulkan, the provincial government's Expert Staff for Community and Human Resource, when confirmed here on Wednesday.
However, he said, the government keeps on monitoring inflation continuously to remain under control, especially for several commodities, such as beef, broiler chicken, and bird's eye chili.
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Sulkan said that South Kalimantan recorded the Price Development Index (IPH), a proxy for inflation, of 0.50 percent, but some districts such as Hulu Sungai Selatan (HSS) and Banjar recorded a high IPH of 1.35 percent.
Although, Tanah Bumbu District and Banjarbaru City recorded negative IPH of -0.53 percent and -0.23 percent.
Sulkan previously attended inflation control coordination meeting with Secretary General of the Home Affairs Ministry Tomsi Tohir at the ministry’s office in Jakarta on Tuesday. It was attended online by provincial government across Indonesia.
He affirmed the provincial's readiness to collaborate with Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), the state-run logistics company Bulog, and South Kalimantan Regional Police to control inflation through the national program of three-million houses for Low-Income Communities (MBR) or pre-prosperous families.
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"We hope that the regional government to continue to strive to improve people's welfare by bringing inflation down and ensure that the housing program meets its target," said Sulkan.
Meanwhile, the Housing and Human Settlements (PKP) Ministry's Director General for Rural Housing Imran emphasized the importance of regional government's role in supporting the housing development for MBR, including renovation of uninhabitable houses (rutilahu).
"We hope that the local governemnt to conduct land data collection for the construction of MBR housing or housing for local government civil apparatus,” said Imran.
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