The city of Palembang in May 2015 experienced inflation of0.56 percent

* The city of Palembang in May 2015 experienced inflation of 0.56 percent. The cumulative inflation rate from 2015 to May is -0.30 percent and the inflation rate "year on year" (May 2015 to May 2014) is 7.56 percent.

* Based on seven (7) expenditure groups in Palembang City in May 2015, all groups experienced an increase in the price index, namely the foodstuffs group of 1.75 percent; transportation, communication & financial services group of 0.43 percent; processed food, beverages, cigarettes & tobacco group by 0.38 percent; clothing group by 0.22 percent; health group 0.11 percent; housing, water, electricity, gas & fuel group by 0.08 percent; and the education, recreation and sports group by 0.05 percent.

* Commodities experiencing price increases with the highest share of inflation in Palembang City include: chicken meat, red chili, air transportation, shallots, and chicken eggs. While commodities which experienced a decline in prices with the highest share of deflation included brick, rice, cork, pangasius and dencis.

* Lubuk Linggau City in May 2015 experienced inflation of 0.50 percent. The cumulative inflation rate from 2015 to May was -0.73 percent and the inflation rate "year on year" (May 2015 against May 2014) was 7.89 percent.

* Commodities experiencing price increases with the highest inflation share in Lubuk Linggau City during May 2015 included: chicken meat, broiler eggs, tilapia, garlic and tomato vegetables. While commodities which experienced a decline in prices with the highest share of deflation included red chillies, cement, sills, cayenne pepper and wheat flour.

* Based on the inflation calculation in Palembang and Lubuk Linggau city, in May 2015 South Sumatra Province experienced inflation of 0.55 percent, the cumulative inflation rate up to May 2015 was -0.34 percent and the inflation rate was "year on year" ( May 2015 to May 2014) was 7.60 percent.

* Based on price monitoring during May 2015 in 82 CPI cities in Indonesia, indicating that 81 cities experienced inflation and 1 city experienced deflation. The highest inflation occurred in the City of Palu (2.24 percent), the lowest occurred in the City of Singkawang (0.03 percent). Deflation only occurred in Pangkal pinang City (-0.61 percent).