August 2023 Inflation Year on Year (yoy) for Bengkulu City was 3.40 percent

• In August 2023, year on year (y-o-y) inflation for Bengkulu City was 3.40 percent with a Consumer Price Index of 115.46. The highest y-o-y inflation occurred in Manokwari at 6.40 percent with a CPI of 122.04, while the lowest occurred in Jambi at 1.92 percent with a CPI of 116.37.

• Inflation occurred due to price increases as indicated by an increase in the price index for the expenditure group, namely the food, beverage and tobacco group, by 1.12 percent; the clothing and footwear group by 2.36 percent; the housing, water, electricity and household fuel group by 1.90 percent; equipment, equipment and household routine maintenance group of 2.33 percent; health group at 3.28 percent; transportation group by 12.12 percent; the information, communication and financial services group by 0.45 percent; the recreation, sports and culture group by 3.12 percent; education group at 1.22 percent; the group providing food and drink/restaurants by 2.50 percent; and the personal care and other services group of 1.17 percent.

• For month to month (m-t-m) inflation, in August 2023 the city of Bengkulu experienced a deflation of 0.07 percent and the year to date (y-t-d) inflation rate for August 2023 was 2.01 percent.