Prices Of Cenderung Goods Are Considered Stable During Eid Homecoming

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JAKARTA - General Secretary of the Indonesian Employers' Association (Apindo), Aloysius Budi Santoso, revealed that the price of goods tends to be stable during Lebaran homecoming and ahead of Eid al-Fitr.

This is supported by the abundance of stock of goods in producers so that it will not trigger an increase in prices. However, if there is a price spike, it will only be seasonal.

"It will not go up even if it goes up, maybe it goes up which is rational and short so it will not be too high because in the market there are also sufficient and abundant goods," he said, Monday, April 8.

"So food or then clothes and so on, even if there is an increase in demand later with a fairly abundant supply, prices will follow the market mechanism," continued Aloysius.

Aloysius said that prices would not be suddenly raised by traders, especially many competitors offering cheaper prices of the same or even better quality. In fact, he assessed that the stability of goods prices tends to be maintained since last year during the Ramadan era.

The price of goods this year with last year was relatively equally under control. Although it is undeniable, this year there is something a little different, namely that there is a 2024 election contestation process. However, the impact on the real economy does not mean much so that everything can be controlled properly.

"So I think last year and this year is relatively the same, only the difference is that the magnitude of the movement of the person this year is bigger than last year. This will certainly have a bigger and wider economic impact in my opinion because earlier I imagined 190 million people moving, last year it wasn't that much, that's an estimate," he said.

On the other hand, added Aloysius, the one who experienced a price hike here was a transportation ticket. If the market legal transportation ticket is also because airplane tickets and trains are limited, while there are so many who want to go home, that's fine, but if it's goods, I don't think so," said Aloysius.

Apindo assessed that the Lebaran homecoming period would boost economic growth both in the region and nationally. Aloysius views that the impact of its multiplier effect will be very large because there are around 190 million people moving from one point to another, especially from big cities to hometowns or regions.

"I see that this happens in a redistribution of money or the economy, money means economy, from big cities to smaller areas. Thus, on this occasion where we also have a fairly long nine-day holiday, the area that actually benefits the most," explained Aloysius.

According to Aloysius, the area that benefited the most from the Lebaran homecoming period was because there was a circulation of money to many regions from big cities so that it was hoped that the economy would strengthen and be more active. The effect, of course, will have an impact on the national economy.

Moreover, the total number of travelers in 2024 will reach 190 million people. This figure is not a small number, but a very large number, exceeding half of the total population in Indonesia.