ANALISISI PERKEMBANGAN INDEKS HARGA KONSUMEN DI KOTA BENGKULU SELAMA DUA TAHUN (2019 – 2020)

Abstract

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is one of the important economic indicators that can provide information about the development of prices of goods and services (commodities) paid by consumers or the public especially the city community. This study aims to analyze the Development of the Consumer Price Index in Bengkulu City. The benefits of this research are a description of the fluctuations in commodity prices for basic needs of the community at the level of consumers or retail traders. This type of research is descriptive qualitative. The subject in this study is the Central Statistics Agency and the object in this study is the Consumer Price Index through seven groups of household expenditure in 2019-2020. The results showed  that the development of  price indices in Bengkulu City tends to fluctuate from seven types of household expenditure groups. During the January-December 2020 period the highest inflation of the seven types of expenditure was foodstuffs.