Indonesia stats bureau sees Sept core inflation above 5 pct

JAKARTA, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Indonesia's core inflation may stay above 5 percent in September because of higher gold prices, after surging costs for the metal lifted annual core inflation to 5.15 percent in August, the statistics bureau said on Monday.

"It seems that core inflation may be above 5 percent -- it's because of gold," said Rusman Heriawan, the chief of the statistics bureau.

Gold and jewellery accounts for a 2.4 percent weighting in the consumer price index basket. (Reporting by Aditya Suharmoko; Editing by Neil Chatterjee)