Volatilitas 9 Harga Bahan Pokok di Pasar Tradisional Kota Bandung

Abstract

Fluctuations in the price of basic commodities have an impact on public unrest through a decrease in purchasing power, a decrease in the agricultural sector's GDP, and inflation. The Government's role is to maintain the stability of staple food prices to control prices in the market by analyzing price fluctuation patterns and forecasting prices of staple goods in the coming period to anticipate policies taken and make plans to avoid uncontrolled price fluctuations. Using quantitative research methods with analytical descriptives it can be seen that the data patterns and staple materials are the most volatile. The variable used is time series data of 9 staple food prices which were processed using the coefficient of variation analysis method which was operated using Microsoft Excel 2013. The results of data processing concluded that the staple commodities which often experience uncontrolled price fluctuations are red chilies, bird's eye chilies, shallots, and cooking oil. The reason is because the three highest staples whose values ​​fluctuate the most are agricultural commodities which are affected by the harvest period, weather, and shelf life which cannot last long. The fluctuation pattern occurs near the fasting month before Eid and when Christmas and New Year celebrations, staple foods tend to fluctuate. While the high cooking oil commodity is due to the phenomenon of the increase in world palm oil. The appropriate policy taken by the Government is to periodically control and participate in confirming and mapping national food production areas, maintaining supply and distribution, and educating consumers about rising prices of basic commodities.