In March 2021, Singaraja City was recorded to experience inflation as high as 0.81 percent with a Consumer Price Index (base year 2018 = 100) of 108.31. The inflation rate for the calendar year March 2021 is as high as 1.99 percent. Meanwhile, the year-on-year inflation rate (March 2021 versus March 2020 or YoY) was recorded as high as 2.94 percent.
Four expenditure groups recorded inflation (m to m), namely group I (food, beverages, and tobacco) as high as 2.40 percent; group III (housing, water, electricity, and household fuel), as high as 0.13 percent; group IV (equipment, equipment, and routine household maintenance) as high as 0.12 percent; and group VIII (recreation, sports, and culture) as high as 0.09 percent. Meanwhile, two other expenditure groups recorded deflation, namely group VII (information, communication, and financial services) as deep as 0.43 percent; and group XI (personal care and other services) as deep as 0.36 percent. Five other expenditure groups recorded no change in index or stagnant, namely, group II (clothing and footwear), group V (health), group VI (transportation), group IX (education), and group X (providing food and beverages/restaurants). ).
Commodities that contributed to inflation in March 2021 include cayenne pepper, eggplant, bananas, shallots, oranges, concrete iron, preserved cobs, filtered kretek cigarettes, apples, wet shrimp, tuna/ambu-ambu fish, bean sprouts/sprouts. , and red beans/joglo.
Of the 90 CPI cities, 58 cities experienced inflation and 32 cities experienced deflation. The highest inflation was recorded in Jayapura (Papua) at 1.07 percent, while the lowest inflation was recorded in Tangerang (Banten) and in Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan) at 0.01 percent respectively. Meanwhile, the deepest deflation was recorded in Bau-bau (Southeast Sulawesi) as deep as 0.99 percent while the shallowest deflation was recorded in Palopo (South Sulawesi) as deep as 0.01 percent. If sorted from the highest inflation, then Singaraja ranks 4th out of 58 cities experiencing inflation.
