In August 2021, Singaraja City was recorded to experience deflation as deep as 0.07 percent with a Consumer Price Index (base year 2018 = 100) of 107.18. The inflation rate for the calendar year August 2021 is as high as 0.92 percent. Meanwhile, the year-on-year inflation rate (August 2021 versus August 2020 or YoY) was recorded as high as 2.45 percent.
Two expenditure groups experienced deflation (m to m), namely group I (food, beverages, and tobacco) of 1.20 percent and group V (health) of 0.01 percent. Meanwhile, five other expenditure groups recorded inflation, namely group IV (equipment, equipment, and routine household maintenance) as high as 3.96 percent; group IX (education) as high as 1.02 percent; group VII (information, communication, and financial services) as high as 0.32 percent; group XI (personal care and other services) as high as 0.18 percent; and group II (clothing and footwear) as high as 0.06 percent. The other four expenditure groups recorded no change in the index or were stagnant, namely; group III (housing, water, electricity, and household fuel); group VI (transport); group VIII (recreation, sports, and culture); and group X (providing food and drinks/restaurants).
Commodities recorded as contributing to deflation in August 2021 include cayenne pepper, broiler chicken, eggplant, wafers, skipjack/scaled fish, long beans, red chilies, squid, anchovies, chickpeas, tuna, liver rampella. chicken, banana, turmeric, salt, red beans/joglo, instant dry noodles, lamuru fish, cucumber, kite fish/benggol fish, potatoes, powdered milk, tea, and young jackfruit.
