Indonesia's inflation eases to 5.71 pct in October

JAKARTA, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia posted an inflation of 5.71 percent year-on-year in October, lower than the previous month's 5.95 percent year-on-year, Statistics Indonesia or BPS said in a virtual press conference on Tuesday.

"The transportation group was the biggest contributor to October inflation, as a continuing impact of increase in fuel prices, which were lower than the previous month," said Deputy