Indonesia's April 2026 inflation stood at 0.13 percent monthly and 2.42 percent annually. Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said maintaining fuel subsidies successfully curbed energy sector inflation spikes. BPS explained non-subsidiized fuel price hikes had minimal impact.
Indonesia's Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported April 2026 inflation at 0.13 percent month-to-month (mtm), 2.42 percent year-on-year (yoy), and 1.06 percent year-to-date (ytd). The Consumer Price Index (IHK) rose from 108.47 in April 2025 to 111.09 in April 2026.
Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said inflationary pressures are easing due to government policy normalization. He stressed that maintaining fuel (BBM) subsidies amid geopolitical tensions and high global oil prices successfully controlled inflation, especially in the energy sector. "But if we let oil prices float, with BBM following world oil prices, inflation would spike high and erode purchasing power," Purbaya said at the Finance Ministry in Jakarta on Monday, May 4, 2026.
BPS Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics Ateng Hartono explained mid-April non-subsidized BBM price hikes had insignificant impact due to their small weight. Gasoline contributed just 0.02 percent to overall monthly inflation. "Because gasoline's weight is small, its influence on inflation is relatively not that big," Ateng said in a teleconference press event the same day.
Ateng noted avtur price increases affected airfares but with limited overall impact. Passenger transport services inflation hit 15.24 percent mtm due to tariff normalization after deflation from government stimulus in Q1 2026.
