Ahead Of Christmas And New Year, The Price Of Staples In Madiun City Skyrockets, Curly Chili Rises From Rp. 15 Thousand To Rp. 40 Thousand

Illustration - Vegetable traders at the Big Market in Madiun City, East Java. (Photo: Louis Rika/Antara)

JAKARTA - The price of a number of basic necessities in the traditional market of Madiun City, East Java, is observed to have started to rise, along with increasing consumer demand ahead of the momentum of Christmas 2021 and New Year 2022. As reported by Antara, Monitoring at the Big Market of Madiun City, Sunday, December 12, the price increase occurred for commodities of cooking oil, cayenne pepper, curly chili, and chicken eggs. "The increase has occurred since the last week. Except for cooking oil which has increased gradually since the last few months," said a trader of basic necessities at the Pasar Besar Madiun City, Sulastri, Sunday. The price of cayenne pepper which was previously Rp. 20,000 to Rp. 25,000 per kilogram rose gradually to Rp. 65,000 per kilogram. Likewise, curly chilies have skyrocketed from the previous Rp. 15,000 to Rp. 20,000 per kilogram to Rp. 38,000 to Rp. 40,000 per kilogram.

Then packaged cooking oil was higher, from Rp. 17,000 to Rp. 19,000 per liter, while bulk to Rp. 18,000 per kilogram from the normal Rp. 10,000 per kilogram. Meanwhile, broiler eggs reached Rp. 21,000 to Rp. 22,000 per kilogarm from before. Rp. 17,000 per kilogram. Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Madiun City, Dwi Yuhenny, said that the price increase that occurred ahead of religious holidays, such as the momentum of Christmas 2021 and New Year's 2022, was due to the high demand for goods and services. This condition will have an impact on inflation. The task of the Madiun City Regional Inflation Control Team (TPID) is to keep the stock and supply of goods safe. This is because safe stock will prevent price increases and reduce inflation.