Jakarta (Antara Bali) - Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo has predicted that the national inflation rate in January 2013 would rise as a result of bad weather that disturb the smoothness of logistic system.
"We are afraid that bad weather which disturb the smoothness of the transportation of goods will affect the national inflation, and therefore we have to anticipate it," the finance minister said here on Thursday.
He said that inflation in these numbers could approach one percent and this is a concern of government, added the problems of transportation system disruption due to weather is happening in the nation's capital.
"In Jakarta itself the impact is like this. Especially in areas that infrastructure is not very good yet," he said.
He said that the current weather conditions difficult to predict as they are not going to end in short time, and potentially disrupt the national economy.
Because of that, he expects coordination between central and local government can be improved, so that uninterrupted flow of goods and the inflation rate is maintained.(*/DWA/T007)
Bad Weather Causes Inflation
Jumat, 18 Januari 2013 13:48 WIB
