During February 2019, Sampit City experienced a decline in commodity prices in general (deflation) of 0.65 percent with the consumer price index of 138.62. The calendar year deflation rate was 0.32 percent and the inflation rate for "year on year" (February 2019 against February 2018) was 4.80 percent.
Deflation in Sampit City during February 2019 occurred due to a decrease in the index in the five expenditure groups, respectively the Foodstuffs Group of 1.66 percent, the Transport, Communication and Financial Services Group of 0.50 percent, the Clothing Group of 0.47 percent, Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Fuel Group by 0,40 percent, and Education, Recreation and Sports Group by 0,11 percent.
Commodities that have the highest contribution to a significant decline in the price index in Sampit City during February 2019 are race chicken, shallots, household fuel, long beans and air transportation respectively. Meanwhile, commodities that have the highest share of significant price index increases are pots, rice, tuna, house contracts and air transportation.
Among 9 CPI cities on Kalimantan Island that calculated deflation in February 2019, deflation sequentially occurred in Tanjung City (Tabalong) by 0.67 percent, Sampit City by 0.65 percent, Samarinda City at 0.18 percent, Banjarmasin City at 0 , 07 percent, and Kota Tarakan by 0.03 percent. In contrast, successive inflation occurred in Pontianak City at 0.53 percent, Singkawang City at 0.49 percent, Balikpapan City at 0.20 percent, and Palangkaraya City at 0.09 percent.
