The consumer price index (CPI) growth rose to 3.19 year-on-year (yoy) in August, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) official Ateng Hartono revealed in a press conference on Tuesday, well within the government’s and Bank Indonesia’s (BI) target range of 2.5 plus/minus 1 percent.
A customer (left) picks some red chili on Dec. 7, 2025, at a supermarket in Batam, Riau Islands. Natural disasters on the northern part of Sumatra have caused red chili prices to surge to Rp 120,000 (US$7.19) per kilogram while green chili has sold at Rp 100,000 per kg. (JP/Fadli)
Inflation accelerated in August, reversing a slowdown seen in July as food and transportation prices rose, while the House of Representatives approved a new central bank governor, putting monetary stability back in focus after the surprise resignation of her predecessor. The consumer price index (CPI) growth rose to 3.19 year-on-year (yoy) in August, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) official Ateng Hartono revealed in a press conference on Tuesday, well within the government’s and Bank Indonesia’s (BI) target range of 2.5 plus/minus 1 percent.
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The August rate reversed the disinflationary trend seen in July, when annual inflation slowed to 2.88 percent.
