Inflasi Juni Relatif Rendah karena Harga Pangan Terkendali
Inflation was Relatively Low as Indonesian Govt Control the Price of Basic Necessities
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Pemerintah mampu mengendalikan harga bahan kebutuhan pokok sehingga mendoronginflasi Juni 2014 yang tercatat 0,43 persen merupakan angka yang relatif rendah.
"Inflasi menunjukkan harga-harga di Juni terkendali. Karena mulai 2010, inflasi Juni jauh lebih tinggi dari 0,4 persen. Ini adalah sebuah hal yang baik dan positif," kata Menteri Koordinator Bidang Perekonomian Chairul Tanjung di Jakarta, Selasa.
Chairul mengatakan pemerintah terus berupaya melakukan stabilitas harga bahan pangan agar laju inflasi tidak meningkat tinggi, sehingga inflasi pada Juli 2014 bisa terjaga dibawah angka satu persen.
"Setiap Idul Fitri, inflasi meningkat luar biasa dan ada tahun ajaran baru yang juga mendorong inflasi. PR ini tidak mudah untuk mengatasinya. Saya berharap kalau bisa dibawah satu persen," katanya.
Deputi Bidang Statistik Distribusi dan Jasa Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) Sasmito Hadi Wibowo mengatakan pemerintah harus mulai mengantisipasi terjadinya inflasi tinggi pada Juli dan Agustus, karena adanya lebaran, tahun ajaran baru dan kenaikan tarif listrik.
"Bulan Juli ada puasa, lebaran dan antisipasi liburan serta kenaikan listrik yang bisa berdampak pada Agustus. Tapi, Agustus sudah puncak masa panen dan lebaran sudah lewat, jadi mungkin harga terjaga lagi," katanya.
Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) mencatat laju inflasi pada Juni 2014 sebesar 0,43% atau lebih rendah dari rata-rata inflasi pada Juni dalam lima tahun terakhir, termasuk tahun lalu yang tercatat mencapai 1,03%.
Kelompok bahan makanan menjadi penyumbang andil terbesar inflasi Juni yaitu 0,19% diikuti kelompok perumahan, air, listrik, gas dan bahan bakar sebesar 0,09% serta kelompok makanan jadi, minuman, rokok dan tembakau sebesar 0,06%.
Komoditas yang menjadi penyumbang inflasi antara lain daging ayam ras 0,06%, bawang merah 0,05%, telur ayam ras 0,04%, tarif tenaga listrik dan tarif angkutan udara masing-masing 0,03% serta tomat sayur, bawang putih dan tarif kontrak rumah masing-masing 0,02%.
Dengan inflasi Juni yang tercatat 0,43%, maka laju inflasi tahun kalender 2014 telah mencapai 1,99% (mom) dan secara tahunan (yoy) 6,7%. Pemerintah menetapkan asumsi inflasi pada APBN-Perubahan 2014 sebesar 5,3%.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian Chief economic minister Chairul Tanjung stated that inflation was relatively low in June because the government had been able to control the price of basic necessities.
"The inflation also indicates that prices in June were under control. Beginning in 2010, the rate of inflation had always been above 0.4 percent. This is a good and positive trend," he said here on Tuesday.
The rate of inflation in June was recorded at 0.43 percent, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced.
Chairul Tanjung said the government will continue to take efforts to stabilize food prices so that inflation will not become high and could be controlled below one percent in July.
"Ahead of post-Islamic fasting month holiday of Idul Fitri, inflation had always increased very high, and this year the holiday will be followed by new academic year that will also push inflation up. They are not easy to control. I hope it could be controlled below one percent," he said.
BPS deputy for statistics distribution and service Sasmito Hadi Wibowo said the government had to start taking anticipatory measures against possible high inflation in July and in August in view of the post-fasting holiday of Idul Fitri, new academic year, and electricity price hike.
"In July there will be fasting, Lebaran (Idul Fitri), school year-end holiday, and electricity price hike, which could affect Augusts inflation, although the peak of harvest will come in August and Lebaran will have been over in the month so that prices will be under control again," he said.
The BPS announced the rate of inflation in June was recorded at 0.43 percent or lower than the average inflation rates in June in the last five years, including last year when the Junes inflation was recorded at only 1.03 percent.
Among the commodities that contributed to the Junes inflation was chicken by 0.06 percent; shallot 0.05 percent; eggs 0.04 percent; electricity price and air fare by 0.03 percent each; tomato, onion, and house rent by 0.02 percent each.
With the Junes inflation recorded at 0.43 percent, the rate of inflation in the calendar year 2014 has reached 1.99 percent month-on-month or 6.7 percent year-on-year.
The government had estimated the inflation in the 2014 revised budget at 5.3 percent.
