We know that a rise in the number of the poor can be attributable to a rise in inflation because a rise in inflation signals an erosion of public purchasing power, given the low growth in nominal income. Nevertheless, high inflation will also widen the income disparity gap due to asymmetries between the rich and poor when addressing price inflation. Graph 5.
Inflation Indicators  I must add, however, that to permanently lower inflation is not a trivial task by any stretch of the imagination, especially in Indonesia. Our headline inflation rate is highly affected by volatile food inflation, which is persistent in nature.