BPS Calls As Many As 24 Provinces Alami Inflation In May 2024

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JAKARTA - Acting (Plt) Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti revealed that the distribution of monthly inflation in May 2024 based on 38 provinces in Indonesia as many as 24 provinces experienced inflation and 14 provinces experienced deflation.

"The highest inflation of 2 percent occurred in South Papua. Meanwhile, the deepest deflation occurred in Banten at 0.52 percent," said Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti at a press conference, Monday, June 3.

Based on its territory, he said, the highest inflation occurred in West Sumatra at 0.51 percent, and the deepest deflation occurred in the Babylon Islands at 0.32 percent.

Furthermore, the highest inflation occurred in Central Kalimantan at 0.22 percent, and the deepest deflation occurred in South Kalimantan at 0.01 percent.

Meanwhile, the highest inflation in Sulawesi occurred in Gorontalo at 0.30 percent, and the deepest deflation occurred in South Sulawesi at 0.10 percent.

Meanwhile, in the Java region, the highest inflation occurred in Yogyakarta at 0.08 percent, and the deepest deflation occurred in Banten at 0.52 percent.

Then, in the Bali region, the highest inflation occurred in Bali at 0.10 percent, and the deepest deflation occurred in West Nusa Tenggara at 0.41 percent.

Finally, in the Maluku region, Papua, inflation was the highest in southern Papua, and the lowest inflation occurred in Southwest Papua at 0.09 percent.