Comparative Analysis of the Characteristics of the YoY Inflation Rate Cities in Indonesia before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic

In this study, the identification of the characteristics of the Year of Year (YoY) inflation rates in cities throughout Indonesia is presented before the pandemic and during the Covid-19 pandemic. The data used are the YoY inflation rates from January 2018 to April 2022 using non-parametric statistical methods. At the time before the pandemic, the YoY inflation rate of cities in Indonesia tended to be unrelated to each other, but during the pandemic, data on the YoY inflation rate of cities in Indonesia tended to be related to one another. The results also obtained are that there are significant differences in the distribution of the YoY inflation rate before the pandemic and during the Covid-19 pandemic for cities in Indonesia.