{"id":581305,"date":"2026-08-03T06:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/581305\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T06:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T06:01:07","slug":"indonesia-july-inflation-eases-to-2-88-lowest-in-three-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/581305\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia July inflation eases to 2.88%, lowest in three months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published Mon, Aug 3, 2026 \u00b7 01:01 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">[JAKARTA] Indonesia\u2019s annual inflation rate slowed to 2.88 per cent in July <a class=\"text-verticals-btblue underline hover:text-blue-500\" data-testid=\"article-annotation-link-component\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/international\/asean\/indonesias-inflation-rate-hits-three-month-high-3-34-june\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">from 3.34 per cent in June,<\/a> official data showed on Monday (Aug 3), coming in below the median forecast of 3.2 per cent in a Reuters poll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">The July inflation rate was the lowest in three months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">Inflation in South-east Asia\u2019s largest economy has stayed within the central bank\u2019s 1.5 to 3.5 per cent target range so far in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">Core inflation, which excludes volatile food prices and government-controlled prices, was at 2.76 per cent in July, close to the poll forecast of 2.8 per cent and unchanged from June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">Bank Indonesia has <a class=\"text-verticals-btblue underline hover:text-blue-500\" data-testid=\"article-annotation-link-component\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/international\/asean\/bank-indonesia-keeps-rates-unchanged-offers-incentives-attract-inflows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">raised its benchmark policy rate<\/a> by 100 basis points since May in order to keep inflation within that target band until 2027, as it manages inflationary risks from a weakening rupiah, global oil price volatility and the impact of the El Nino weather pattern on food supplies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6 inline-block\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">The statistics bureau will release June trade data later on Monday. REUTERS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published Mon, Aug 3, 2026 \u00b7 01:01 PM [JAKARTA] Indonesia\u2019s annual inflation rate slowed to 2.88 per cent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17560,72,113,61,1665,1095,60],"class_list":["post-581305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-bank-indonesia","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-ie","tag-indonesia","tag-inflation","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}