During August 2019, Sampit City experienced a general decline in commodity prices (deflation) of 0.15 percent with a consumer price index of 140.58. The calendar year inflation rate is 1.09 percent and the year on year inflation rate (August 2019 to August 2018) is 2.47 percent.
Deflation in Sampit City during August 2019 occurred due to a decrease in the index in the three expenditure groups, respectively, the Transport, Communication and Financial Services Group by 1.66 percent, the Foodstuffs Group by 0.56 percent, and the Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Fuel by 0.01 percent.
The commodities that had the highest share of a significant drop in the price index in Sampit City during August 2019 were air transportation, shallots, vegetable tomatoes, oranges, and baung. Meanwhile, the commodities that had the highest share of significant increases in the price index were primary schools, TV network costs, kindergartens, junior high schools, and shellfish.
Of the 9 CPI cities on Kalimantan Island that calculated deflation in August 2019, deflation occurred sequentially in Tarakan City by 0.92 percent, Tanjung City (Tabalong) by 0.74 percent, Balikpapan City by 0.52 percent, Palangka Raya City by 0.37 percent, Pontianak City by 0.35 percent, Singkawang City by 0.27 percent and Sampit City by 0.15. Conversely, inflation occurred in Banjarmasin successively by 0.09 percent, and Samarinda by 0.07 percent
