Indonesia: Today's rice prices are getting crazy

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Rice prices are observed to continue increasing today, Thursday (1/12/2022). Meanwhile, the Food and Statistics Agency (BPS) noted that rice is one of the highest contributors to inflation on an annual basis in November 2022. Where, inflation in November 2022 on an annual basis reached 5.42%. Meanwhile, rice inflation in November 2022 was 0.37%. Recently, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has been warning his staff to focus on controlling inflation. And, Jokowi again mentioned it during the handover of the Budget Implementation Entry List (DIPA) and the Book of Allocation Transfers to Regions for the 2023 Fiscal Year at the State Palace, Jakarta, Thursday (1/12/2022). "This is very important, this is the scourge of all countries, inflation. Once again, pay attention to the movement of the inflation rate in each region," said Jokowi. Quoting the National Food Agency's price panel, the price of premium rice today rose by IDR 150 to IDR 12,910 per kg and medium ...