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.