In July 2019 the city of Denpasar recorded inflation of 0.60 percent with the Consumer Price Index (CPI 2012 = 100) of 133.52. The inflation rate for the calendar year July 2019 was 1.54 percent, while the year-on-year inflation rate (July 2019 against July 2018 or YoY) was recorded at 2.27 percent.
Six expenditure groups recorded inflation (m to m), namely group IV (clothing) by 2.70 percent; group I (food ingredients) by 1.61 percent; group VI (education, recreation and sports) by 0.51 percent; group V (health) by 0.45 percent; group III (housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel) by 0.44 percent; group II (prepared food, beverages, cigarettes and tobacco) by 0.03 percent; Meanwhile, one expenditure group recorded deflation, namely group VII (transport, communication and financial services) as deep as -0.24 percent.
Commodities recorded contributing to or contributing to inflation in July 2019 include: cayenne pepper, PAM drinking water tariffs, red chili, jewelery gold, prescription drugs, apples, oranges, striped notebooks, cellphone pulse rates, and collared t-shirts.
From 82 CPI cities, 55 cities experienced inflation and 27 cities experienced deflation. The highest inflation was recorded in Sibolga City (North Sumatra) by 1.88 percent while the lowest inflation was recorded in Makassar City (South Sulawesi) by 0.01 percent. Meanwhile, the deepest deflation was recorded in Tual City (Maluku) as deep as -1.55 percent while the shallow deflation was recorded in Gorontalo City (Gorontalo) by -0.02 percent. If sorted from the highest inflation, then Denpasar ranks 13th out of 55 cities experiencing inflation.
