Indonesia’s headline inflation eases to 1.55% in Nov

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s annual inflation rate was 1.55% in November, official data showed on Monday, easing from 1.71% in October and slightly above analysts’ expectations.

Analysts polled by Reuters had expected 1.50% annual inflation in November.

The headline inflation is near the lower end of the Bank Indonesia’s target range of 1.5% to 3.5%.

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The statistics agency will release the core inflation data later on Monday.