During October 2018, Sampit City experienced an increase in commodity prices in general (inflation) by 0.15 percent with the consumer price index of 137.26. The calendar year inflation rate is 4.64 percent. Meanwhile, the inflation rate "year on year" (October 2018 against October 2017) is 5.59 percent.
Inflation in Sampit City during October 2018 occurred due to an increase in the index of five expenditure groups, namely the Foodstuffs Group by 0.15 percent, the Food Group, Beverages, Cigarettes, and Tobacco by 0.53 percent, Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas Group , and Fuel by 0.30 percent, Clothing Group by 0.22 percent, and Education, Recreation and Sports Group by 0.33 percent compared to September 2018. Commodities that have the highest contribution to a significant increase in the price index in Sampit City during October 2018 respectively are race chicken, filtered clove cigarettes, gasoline, apples, and mattresses. Meanwhile, commodities that have the highest contribution to a significant decline in the price index are air transportation, shallots, long beans, tuna / tomato, and vegetable tomatoes.Among 9 CPI cities on Kalimantan Island that calculated inflation in October 2018, inflation occurred sequentially in Samarinda City at 0.24 percent, Palangkaraya City at 0.21 percent, Tanjung City (Tabalong) at 0.20 percent, Sampit City at 0 , 15 percent, Banjarmasin City by 0.10 percent, and Tarakan City by 0.03 percent. Meanwhile, cities experiencing deflation were Balikpapan City and Singkawang City by 0.68 percent and Pontianak City at 0.29 percent.
