West Java's highest inflation occurred in Tasikmalaya City at 6.57 percent

In October 2022, a combination of 7 cities in West Java experienced year on year (yoy) inflation of 5.93 percent with a Consumer Price Index (CPI) of 114.15. The highest yoy inflation occurred in Tasikmalaya City at 6.57 percent with a CPI of 110.99 and the lowest occurred in Cirebon City at 5.41 percent with a CPI of 109.84. Inflation occurred due to an increase in prices as indicated by the increase in most expenditure group indices, namely: the food, beverage and tobacco group by 7.88 percent; clothing and footwear group by 2.43 percent; housing, water, electricity and household fuel group at 4.29 percent; equipment, tools and routine household maintenance group at 4.75 percent; health group by 2.15 percent; transportation group by 12.34 percent; recreation, sports and culture group at 1.45 percent; education group at 4.05 percent; food and beverage/restaurant provision group at 4.67 percent; and the personal care and other services group at 6.57 percent. Meanwhile, the expenditure group that experienced a decline in the index was the information, communication and financial services group by 0.59 percent. The month to month (mtm) inflation rate for October 2022 is -0.11 percent and the year to date (ytd) inflation rate for October 2022 is 5.16 percent.