BPS-Statistics Lampung Province Team Accompanies Inflation Release

Simpang Pematang, 26 January 2024 - In an effort to increase the accuracy and credibility of inflation data, the BPS-Statistics Lampung Province Team provides technical and public relations support to the BPS-Statistics Lampung Timur Regency and BPS-Statistics Mesuji Regency. Assistance was carried out at different times, namely January 18 2024 at BPS-Statistics Lampung Timur Regency and January, 26 2024 at BPS-Statistics Mesuji Regency.

 

The team consisted of Muhammad Ilham Salam, Intermediate Statistician and Bayu Juniardi, Junior Statistician from the Distribution Team, as well as Aan Andriatno, First Public Relations Officer from the BPS-Statistics Lampung Province Public Relations Team. This assistance aims to ensure that inflation calculations at the district level are carried out to a high standard and are consistent with the methods established by BPS-Statistics. For information, Lampung Timur and Mesuji Regencies were chosen as the focus for calculating inflation because they are considered to have the largest ratio of rural areas in Lampung Province.

 

BPS-Statistics Lampung Timur Regency welcomes assistance and assistance from the BPS-Statistics Lampung Province Team. Head of BPS-Statistics Lampung Timur Regency, Maryono, stated, "We are very grateful for the support of the BPS-Statistics Lampung Province Team. This is a positive step to ensure that the data we release later truly reflects the condition of price developments at the district level."

On a different occasion, the Head of BPS-Statistics Mesuji Regency, Zulkifli said, "It is an honor that Mesuji is one of the regencies with inflation calculations, as well as a challenge and opportunity to oversee the calculation and delivery of the inflation release later. In the future we hope to have synergy and collaboration with the Government "The region is getting stronger in development planning in Mesuji Regency"

 

This mentoring process includes training related to inflation calculation methodology, data collection and processing, and verification of calculation results. The BPS-Statistics Lampung Province team also provided direction regarding the release of Official Statistical News and how to effectively communicate the results to the public and related stack holders.

 

The Inflation Release which will be carried out by BPS-Statistics Lampung Timur Regency and BPS-Statistics Mesuji Regency is expected to provide a more comprehensive picture of the dynamics of consumer prices in rural areas, enabling the government and economic actors to make more appropriate and sustainable decisions.