BPS: August 2026 Inflation Reaches 0.21%

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has announced that inflation for August 2026 stood at 0.21% on a month-to-month (mtm) basis. On a year-on-year (yoy) basis, inflation was recorded at 3.19%.

“Inflation was 0.21% in August 2026,” stated Ateng Hartono, Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics at BPS, during a press conference on Tuesday (1/9/2026).

Market consensus gathered by CNBC Indonesia from 13 institutions/organisations had predicted a monthly (mtm) increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of 0.14%. Meanwhile, the year-on-year (yoy) inflation was expected to rise to 3.11%.

As a point of note, the previous inflation release for the July 2026 period recorded deflation of 0.14% (mtm), while the year-on-year (yoy) inflation rate was 2.88%.