Jakarta – Jakarta's Statistics Agency announced Friday Jakarta experienced a deflation of 0.15 percent in April.

The biggest contributor to the deflation was the decreasing price of clothing. The prices of male apparel decreased by 1.78 percent, the agency reported.

The price of grains, preserved fish, vegetables, spices and shallots decreased while the price of ready-to-eat food products and cigarettes increased by 0.16 percent.

Djamal said Jakarta was one of the 50 cities that experienced deflation out of 66 surveyed cities.