Philippine Statistics Authority

Inflation for the bottom 30% income households at the national level picked up by 2.3 percent in January 2020. The annual growth rate in December 2019 was 1.9 percent and in January 2019, 5.2 percent.

The country’s inflation for the bottom 30% income households went up by 1.7 percent in November 2019 after it slowed down for five consecutive months since June 2019.

The annual inflation for the bottom 30% income households at the national level continued to move at a slower rate of 0.9 percent in September 2019.

The Philippines’ year-on-year inflation for the bottom 30% income households decelerated further to 3.1 percent in July 2019.

The country’s year-on-year inflation for bottom 30% income households went up by 4.6 percent in May 2019 after six consecutive months of deceleration.

Year-on-year inflation for the bottom 30% income households at the national level continued its downtrend as it exhibited a slower annual rate of 4.6 percent in March 2019.

The continued deceleration in the annual increment of the heavily-weighted food, beverages, and tobacco (FBT) index pushed down further the Philippines’ year-on-year inflation for the bottom 30% income households in January 2019 at 5.9 percent.