The country’s headline inflation slowed down to 4.1 percent in June 2021, after recording an inflation of 4.5 percent for three consecutive months.

The Philippines’ headline inflation in May 2021 remained at 4.5 percent, which was the level of inflation of the country since March 2021.

Headline inflation at the country level was posted at 4.5 percent in April 2021, the same annual growth rate recorded in March 2021. This brings the average inflation at the national level from January to April 2021 to 4.5 percent. Meanwhile, inflation in April 2020 was registered at 2.2 percent. (Table A and Figure 1)