BPS: April 2026 Inflation at 0.13 Percent

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded inflation of 0.13 percent on a monthly basis in April 2026. This increase is reflected in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which rose from 110.95 in March to 111.09 in April. Meanwhile, calendar-year inflation up to April was recorded at 1.06 percent.

Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics at BPS, Ateng Hartono, explained that the transportation group was the largest contributor to inflation in April 2026, with a contribution of 0.12 percent and an inflation rate of 0.99 percent.

“The food, beverages, and tobacco group experienced deflation of 0.20 percent with a deflation contribution of 0.06 percent,” said Ateng during a press conference on Monday, 4 May 2026.

According to him, the dominant commodities driving inflation in the transportation group included air transport fares and petrol. Air transport fares contributed 0.11 percent to inflation, while petrol contributed 0.02 percent.

Ateng noted that other commodities also contributing to inflation included cooking oil at 0.05 percent, tomatoes at 0.03 percent, and rice as well as rice with side dishes, each at 0.02 percent.

BPS also recorded several commodities that dampened inflation, such as broiler chicken meat with a deflation contribution of 0.11 percent, gold jewellery at 0.09 percent, cayenne pepper and broiler eggs at 0.06 percent and 0.04 percent, respectively.

Based on components, the core component experienced inflation of 0.23 percent with a contribution of 0.15 percent. The commodities with the largest contributions were cooking oil, rice with side dishes, mobile phones, fried chicken, laptops/notebooks, and granulated sugar.

In addition, the government-regulated price component experienced inflation of 0.69 percent with a contribution of 0.13 percent. Inflation in this component was mainly triggered by increases in air transport fares, petrol prices, household fuel, and machine-rolled clove cigarettes (SKM).

Conversely, the volatile component recorded deflation of 0.88 percent with a deflation contribution of 0.15 percent. This deflation was driven by price declines in commodities such as broiler chicken meat, cayenne pepper, broiler eggs, and red chillies.