This Special Release presents the Consumer Price Index for All Income Households with base year 2012. The rebasing of the CPI from 2006 to 2012 is in consonance with the recommendation of the PSA Board in its Resolution No.

The region’s annual inflation moved up at a faster rate of 2.5 percent at the beginning of the year. Inflation in December 2017 was recorded at 1.9 percent and in the same month of the previous year, 3.7 percent.

Central Luzon’s annual inflation slowed down to 1.9 percent in December 2017. In the previous month, it was recorded at 2.0 percent and in December 2016, 3.6 percent.

Year-on-Year Price Situation

The average inflation for the bottom 30 percent income households decelerated by 2.8 percent in the third quarter of 2017 from the 3.0 percent during the second quarter, the decline was due to the slower…

Year-on-Year Price Situation

Inflation rate in Central Luzon eased further as it went down to 2.6 percent in July 2017. It was posted at 2.9 percent last month and 2.7 percent in July 2016. Slower annual growths were observed in seven out of the eleven commodity groups, led by…

Year-on-Year Price Situation The region’s inflation rate continued to improve as it decelerated to 2.9 percent in June 2017. Last month, it was recorded at 3.6 percent and in June 2016, 2.3 percent. This was influenced by the slowdown of heavily-…

Central Luzon’s economy accelerated to 9.5 percent, posting as the highest growth of the region in the past six years, 2011-2016. This growth is primarily driven by the Manufacturing industry, particularly from the Manufacture of Food, Beverages…