Inflasi 2015 Terendah dalam Lima Tahun Terakhir, kata BPS
Indonesian Statistics Agency Declared Inflation in 2015 was at Five-year Low
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) melansir bahwa inflasi sepanjang 2015 yang mencapai 3,35% year-on-year tercatat seabgai inflasi tahunan terendah sejak 2010.
Kepala BPS Suryamin mengatakan inflasi tersebut mengindikasikan perbaikan stabilitas harga barang dan jasa, meskipun turut dipengaruhi dari perlambatan ekonomi.
"Kita lihat juga dari dalam negeri, ada tindakan, seperti perbaikan sistem dan pengendalian harga," kata Kepala BPS Suryamin di Jakarta, Senin.
Suryamin mencatat laju inflasi tahunan sejak 2010 hingga 2014 masing-masing adalah 6,96%, 3,69%, 4,3%, 8,38% dan 8,36%.
BPS merujuk inflasi pada 2010, menjadi perbandingan mengingat dampak krisis ekonomi global mulai mereda, apabila dibandingkan laju inflasi pada 2009, saat itu indeks harga konsumen lebih rendah yakni 2,78%.
Dia menambahkan, perbaikan indeks harga konsumen pada tahun ini juga tercermin dalam laju inflasi inti (core inflation), yang juga turut dipengaruhi faktor eksternal sebesar 3,95%.
Secara keseluruhan, inflasi tahunan 3,35% terbentuk dengan andil inflasi inti, kemudian inflasi yang disebabkan harga yang diatur pemerintah (administered prices) sebesar 0,39%, harga barang bergejolak (volatile food) 4,84% dan komponen energi yang deflasi 4,02%.
Meskipun secara tahunan dan kalender berjalan menunjukkan perbaikan, inflasi pada Desember 2015 sebesar 0,96% merupakan inflasi tertinggi bulanan (month to month) sepanjang 2015.
Inflasi Desember 2015 ini bahkan lebih tinggi dibanding inflasi setelah periode Lebaran 2015, yakni pada Juli 2015 yang sebesar 0,93%.
"Ini sumbangan besar dari bahan makanan dari angkutan udara saat akan liburan Natal dan Tahun Baru 2015," kata Suryamin.
Jakarta (B2B) - The year-on-year inflation for 2015 was recorded at 3.35 percent, the lowest since 2010 according to the head of Indonesian Statistics Agency called the BPS.
BPS Head Suryamin said the fact that the inflation was at a five-year low level indicated improvement in the goods and service price stability amid an ongoing economic slow-down.
"At home, we could see the measures taken by the government, such as improving the system and controlling prices," Suryamin said here on Monday.
He said that the annual inflation rates from 2010 to 2014 were, respectively, 6.96 percent, 3.69 percent, 4.3 percent, 8.38 percent and 8.36 percent.
Based on the BPS calculation, the 2010 period is taken as a base for comparison because the impact of global economic crisis began to decrease from that time. When compared with the inflation rate in 2009, the consumer price index was lower at 2.78 percent.
Suryamin said the improvement in the consumer price index this year was reflected in the core inflation rate, which was also affected by external factors, at 3.95 percent.
Overall, the annual 3.35 inflation rate was due to the combination of the core inflation, the inflation in the government administered prices at 0.93 percent, volatile goods at 4.84 percent and the deflation of the energy component at 4.02 percent.
Even though there was improvement in the year-to-year and year-to-date inflation, the December 2015 inflation at 0.96 percent was the highest month-to-month inflation in 2015.
The December 2015 inflation was even higher than the inflation rate during the Eid al-Fitr period in July 2015 which was 0.93 percent.
"This high inflation rate was also because of the contribution of food and air transportation inflation in the run-up to Christmas and New Year 2016 celebrations," he said.
