Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reported that the consumer price index (CPI) surged by 3.08 percent year-on-year (yoy) in May, though it remained below Bank Indonesia’s (BI) inflation target of 1.5 to 3.5 percent.
Beauty on display: A store worker arranges beauty products on shelves on Jan. 9, 2026, at a health, beauty and personal care retail store inside a shopping mall on Jl. Basuki Rachmat in East Jakarta. (JP/Iqro Rinaldi)
Headline inflation accelerated in May amid heightened pressures from rising fuel and food prices.
Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reported that the consumer price index (CPI) surged by 3.08 percent year-on-year (yoy) in May, though it remained below Bank Indonesia’s (BI) inflation target of 1.5 to 3.5 percent.
BPS official Pudji Ismartini said on Tuesday that the increase in inflation was mainly driven by the food, beverage and tobacco category, especially fresh fish, rice, chicken meat, cooking oil, chili and machine-made clove cigarettes (SKM).
