August 2025 Inflation Development in Kolaka Regency

Inflation in August 2025

Kolaka, (1/9) A release from the Kolaka Regency Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded month-to-month (m-to-m) inflation of 0.87 percent in August 2025. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased from 109.86 in July 2025 to 111.47 in August 2025, contributing to monthly inflation. Annually, Kolaka Regency experienced inflation of 4.26 percent, and calendar-year inflation of 4.23 percent.

The expenditure groups contributing to annual inflation were food, beverages, and tobacco at 6.68 percent; clothing and footwear at 0.44 percent; housing, water, electricity, and household fuels at 0.38 percent; household equipment, tools, and routine maintenance at 1.02 percent; transportation at 1.62 percent; information, communication, and financial services at 1.57 percent; recreation, sports, and culture at 0.58 percent. The education group grew by 9.08 percent; the food and beverage/restaurant supply group by 0.94 percent; and the personal care and other services group by 13.50 percent. Meanwhile, the expenditure group experiencing year-on-year deflation was the health group, which saw 0.04 percent.

The commodities that predominantly contributed to year-on-year inflation in August 2025 include: gold jewelry, rice, gold jewelry, milkfish/bolu fish, scad/benggol fish, academies/universities, katamba fish, shallots, tomatoes, air transportation, cooking oil, mobile phones, cars, wet shrimp, Hand-Cut Clove Cigarettes (SKT), broiler chicken eggs, ground coffee, kale, coconuts, non-foreman workers, high schools, food seasoning/MSG, tamarind, and electrical appliances. Meanwhile, commodities that contributed to year-on-year deflation include: skipjack tuna/scaled fish, tempeh, anchovies, green mustard greens, broiler chicken, spinach, mackerel/gembung fish/banyar fish/gembolo fish/aso-aso fish, gasoline, eggplant, cayenne pepper, lime/lime, and school bags. The main contributor to monthly inflation was the food, beverage, and tobacco group, contributing 0.44%. Other key commodities contributing to inflation included colleges/universities, rice, and milkfish/sponge fish.

Regionally, Southeast Sulawesi Province experienced annual inflation of 3.71 percent. The highest annual inflation occurred in Konawe Regency, at 4.97 percent. Meanwhile, the lowest inflation occurred in Kendari City, at 2.89 percent.