The city of Palembang in April 2015 experienced inflation of 0.48 percent. The cumulative inflation rate from 2015 to April was -0.85 percent and the year-on-year inflation rate (April 2015 to April 2014) was 6.93 percent.
Based on seven (7) expenditure groups in Palembang City in April 2015, all (7) groups experienced an increase in price index, namely the clothing group by 1.43 percent; transportation, communication & financial services group by 0.72 percent; processed foods, beverages, cigarettes & tobacco group of 0.51 percent; the foodstuffs group by 0,40 percent; health group 0.29 percent; housing, water, electricity, gas & fuel group of 0.17 percent; and the education, recreation and sports group by 0.09 percent.Commodities that experienced price increases with the highest inflation share in Palembang included: gasoline, broilers, onions, bags and granulated sugar. While commodities that experienced price declines with the highest share of deflation included rice, air transportation, cork, squid, and electricity tariffs.The city of Lubuk Linggau in April 2015 experienced inflation of 0.99 percent. The cumulative inflation rate from 2015 to April was -1.23 percent and the year-on-year inflation rate (April 2015 to April 2014) was 7.76 percent.Commodities that experienced price increases with the highest inflation share in Lubuk Linggau City during April 2015 included: gasoline, broiler chicken meat, shallots, rice with side dishes and granulated sugar. While commodities that experienced a price decline with the highest share of deflation included rice; purebred chicken eggs; cellphone, brick, water spinach and cooking oil.Based on the calculation of inflation in the city of Palembang and the city of Lubuk Linggau, in April 2015 the South Sumatra Province experienced inflation of 0.53 percent, the cumulative inflation rate up to April 2015 was -0.89 percent and the inflation rate "year on year" (April 2015 to April 2014) was 7.02 percent.Based on price monitoring during April 2015 in 82 CPI cities in Indonesia, it showed that 72 cities experienced inflation and 10 cities experienced deflation. The highest inflation occurred in Tual City (1.31 percent), the lowest occurred in Cilacap City (0.02 percent). The highest deflation occurred in Manokwari City (-0.69 percent), the lowest occurred in Sukabumi City and Kendari (-0.03 percent).
