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        "id": 1952302,
        "msgid": "core-inflation-rises-to-2-92-driven-by-gold-prices-laptops-and-engine-oil-1788245856",
        "date": "2026-09-01 13:10:01",
        "title": "Core Inflation Rises to 2.92%: Driven by Gold Prices, Laptops, and Engine Oil",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's annual inflation rate reached 3.19% in August 2026, with core inflation climbing significantly to 2.92%. The increase was driven by rising costs in commodities such as jewellery, mobile phones, and engine oil.",
        "content": "<p>Indonesia\u2019s year-on-year (yoy) inflation pressure moved to the 3.19%\nlevel in August 2026, triggered by inflationary pressure across all its\nconstituent components.<\/p>\n<p>Core inflation even rose to the 2.92% level (yoy) in August 2026,\nhigher than the August 2025 record of 2.17% yoy. Core inflation is an\ninflation component that tends to be stable or persistent in its\nmovement and is influenced by fundamental factors such as supply and\ndemand, as well as external environments including exchange rates,\ncommodity prices, and global economic developments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYear-on-year core inflation stands at 2.92%, with this component\nproviding the largest contribution at 1.87%,\u201d said Ateng Hartono, Deputy\nfor Distribution and Services Statistics at BPS, during a press\nconference on Tuesday (1\/9\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Ateng explained that for the core inflation component, commodities\ncontributing to the year-on-year figures in August 2026 included gold\njewellery, cooking oil, rice with side dishes, mobile phones, lubricants\nor engine oil, and laptops or notebooks.<\/p>\n<p>As for the non-core inflation components, such as volatile food\nprices and administered prices, they experienced inflation of 4.06% yoy\nand 3.32% yoy, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ateng, volatile food inflation was triggered by price\nincreases in broiler chicken, rice, bird\u2019s eye chilli, beef, and red\nchilli. However, the volatile food component was recorded lower than in\nAugust 2025, which stood at 4.47%.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the administered prices component experienced inflation\ndue to commodities such as petrol, air transport tariffs, machine-rolled\nclove cigarettes, and household fuels. The inflationary pressure on\ngovernment-regulated prices was also recorded higher than the 1% seen in\nAugust 2025.<\/p>",
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