Indonesia Nov inflation rate picks up

JAKARTA, Dec 03 (Reuters): Indonesia's annual inflation rate accelerated for a second straight month in November, the statistics bureau said on Monday, against an expectation for price pressures to ease.

The consumer price index rose 3.23 per cent in November from a year earlier, the statistics bureau chief Suhariyanto said, attributing the increase to rising prices of some food products and airfares.

On a monthly basis, it rose 0.27 per cent.

October's rate was 3.16 per cent, while a Reuters poll had expected a November annual inflation rate of 3.15 per cent.