Statistics Indonesia Reports Gold as Main Contributor to September Inflation

October 6, 2025 | 02:40 pm

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Statistics Indonesia (BPS) recorded gold jewelry as one of the main commodities contributing to inflation in September 2025. Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, the head of BPS, stated that the price of gold has increased every month for the past two years.

Amalie explained that this commodity contributed around 0.08 percent to overall inflation and that it contributed to inflation consistently every month. "So, in these 25 months, gold has continued to experience inflation. This means that price increases have continued for 25 consecutive months since September 2023," she said during a coordination meeting for controlling regional inflation monitored online via the Ministry of Home Affairs' YouTube channel on Monday, October 6, 2025.

Furthermore, she stated that the inflation rate of gold jewelry in September 2025 was the highest in the last five months, reaching 1.24 percent month-to-month. "We have not yet looked at its year-on-year figure. It seems higher in its year-on-year comparison," said Amalia.

BPS reported that the inflation rate in September 2025 reached 0.21 percent monthly. Inflation was triggered by rising prices of food, gold, tobacco products, and tuition. There was an increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 108.51 in August 2025 to 108.74 in September 2025.

Inflation is divided based on core inflation components, government-regulated prices, and volatile prices. The core component experienced an inflation rate of 0.18 percent, contributing 0.11 percent to the total inflation rate. The core inflation component is primarily driven by gold jewelry prices and tuition fees, which are the second and third largest contributors, respectively.

Indeed, the gold price trend continues to rise. For example, the price of Antam gold today, Monday, October 6, 2025, was observed to have soared by Rp11,000 from Rp2,239,000 to Rp2,250,000 per gram. This is the highest level of Antam gold prices. Its price has even surpassed the gold price on October 6 last year, which was recorded at Rp1,482,000 per gram.

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