Jokowi Is Happy That The Price Of Meat To Shallots Is Stable At Tanjungsari Market, Sumedang

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) conveyed information to journalists after reviewing the needs of basic commodities. BETWEEN/Gilang Galiartha

SUMEDANG - President Joko Widodo admitted that he was happy that the prices of a number of basic commodities at Tanjungsari Market, Sumedang, West Java, were relatively stable.

"What I'm happy about is that the meat is already at IDR 38 thousand, chicken meat, and shallots, chilies, everything is in a stable position," said President Jokowi as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 11.

Jokowi assessed that the movement of staple commodity prices in Sumedang was relatively good.

According to the President, this cannot be separated from the national inflation situation which is at 3.5 percent year on year (yoy) in June 2023.

"We hope that in September, October, (inflation) will be below 3. We hope," said Jokowi.

The President also assessed that the price stability met at Tanjungsari Market Sumedang was the result of the ability to maintain basic needs supply.

Previously, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) on Monday (3/7) released an annual inflation rate of 3.2 percent with a Consumer Price Index (JCI) of 115.00 percent.

"The yearly yoy inflation rate (year on year) in June 2023 was 3.52 percent or there was an increase in the JCI from 111.09 in June 2022 to 115.00 in June 2023," said BPS Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics Pudji Ismartini in the Release of the Development of the June 2023 Consumer Price Index which was monitored online in Jakarta, Monday.

The achievements of June's annual inflation show that annual inflation has consistently decreased since March 2023, at 4.97 percent, 4.33 percent, 4.00 percent, and 3.52 percent in a row.