The high rainfall is expected to lead to a disruption of the country's food supply. However, Martowardojo also said that this year's inflationary pressures in January will not be as high as in the same month last year (1.03 percent). A first-week survey of Bank Indonesia indicated that January's inflation rate in 2014 will be lower than the average January inflation rate of the last five years.

2013    Inflation
January      1.03%
February      0.75%
March      0.63%
April     -0.10%
May     -0.03%
June      1.03%
July      3.29%
August      1.12%
September     -0.35%
October      0.09%
November      0.12%
December      0.55%
Total      8.38%
    2008   2009   2010   2011   2012   2013
Inflation
(annual percent change)
   9.8    4.8    5.1    5.4    4.3    8.4

Source: Statistics Indonesia


Further Reading:

Low Indonesian Inflation Rate Expected to Continue into January 2014
Analysis of Inflation in Indonesia


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