Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan
Vol 20, No 2: October 2019

RAMADHAN, EID UL FITR, AND INFLATION: LESSON FROM INDONESIAN SUBNATIONAL DATA

Samsubar Saleh (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Dyah Titis Kusuma Wardani (International Islamic University Malaysia. Malaysia. Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta. Indonesia)
Madha Adi Ivantri (UNU Surakarta, Surakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Oct 2019

Abstract

Inflation has always been being seen as one of the most important macroeconomic variables in modern economies. Every year, media especially in Muslim countries has constantly reported that inflation rates increase during the Islamic holy month of Ramadhan and Eid Ul Fitr. Remarkably, there has been hitherto almost no serious study focusing on the empirical relationship between Ramadhan, Eid Ul Fitr and inflation. This research aims to examine empirically whether Ramadhan and Eid Ul Fitr have a systematic effect on inflation. This research uses regression analysis technique and involves data from 66 local economies in Indonesia between January 2000 and December 2017. The finding of this paper is Ramadhan and Eid Ul Fitr have a positive effect on inflation. The possible reasons for explaining the results is the high of public demand. To overcome inflation in Indonesia not only from the role of government in controlling inflation rate, but also the role of Muslims community in controlling consumption.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

esp

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan (JESP) focuses on research papers relating to development economics and multidisciplinary concern to systemic problems in developing countries particularly using quantitative or theoretical work in which novelty is essential. JESP does not publish manuscripts in ...