The Inflation Rate Is Already High, Jokowi Asks These Five Provinces To Be Careful

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JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) highlighted the high inflation rate in a number of provinces.

There are five regions that are asked to be careful because the inflation rate is already above 5 percent. Far above the national inflation rate.

The five regions in question are Jambi 8.55 percent; West Sumatra 8.01 percent; Bangka Belitung7.77 percent; Riau 7.04 percent and Aceh 6.97 percent.

Of the five regions, Jambi is the area with the highest inflation.

"Jambi province is careful, it is at 8.55 percent. West Sumatra, Bangka Belitung, Riau, Aceh. Please look at this in detail what caused this (high inflation), so we can solve it together and can go down again below 5, thankfully it can be below 3," he said at the opening of the 2022 National Coordination Meeting for Inflation Control, broadcast from the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube, Thursday, August 18.

Jokowi also admitted that he would directly visit the regions to check the inflation rate. Therefore, Jokowi asked all regional heads to know about inflation in their region in order to find the right solution so that it can be controlled.

"The provinces must know what number my inflation position is. Later when I go to the regions, I ask, don't be confused, don't understand what the inflation position of the province is at. You have to know which ones are high (price of goods), which ones do not have a normal position, which ones are not in a normal position. low position," he said.

On this occasion, Jokowi also asked the Central Inflation Control Team (TPIP) and the Regional Inflation Control Team (TPID) to monitor prices of basic necessities more frequently.

Furthermore, Jokowi said, if the problem is the scarcity of supply, then regions with excess supply of basic needs can share.

"Ask in our area what prices are rising which causes inflation. It could be rice, it could be red onions, it could be. It could be chili and check TPIP, check which regions have an abundant supply of chili or an abundant supply of rice, this must be continued. "This must be connected, because this country is very big," he said.