The inflation rate for the Bottom 30% Income Households in SOCCSKSARGEN slightly rose to 3.6% in November 2020 from 3.5% in October 2020. Only the commodity groups of Clothing and Footwear (from 1.8% to 1.9%), Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas, and Other Fuels (from 3.1% to 3.8%), Furnishing, Household Equipment and Routine Maintenance of the House (from 1.0% to 1.1%), and Health (from 3.9% to 4.3) recorded an increases in inflation among the commodity groups.
Although Transport recorded the highest inflation among the commodity groups in November 2020, a decrease was still observed in its month-on-month inflation from 16.8% to 16.3% the previous month along with Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (from 15.5% to 15.3%) with both commodity groups still posting double digit rates, Recreation and Culture (from 0.1% to 0.0%) and Restaurant and Miscellaneous Goods and Services (from 4.4% to 3.9%) likewise posted minimal slowdowns while negligible change was noted in Food and Alcoholic and Non-alcoholic Beverages at 1.2%, Communication at 1.7% and Education at 0.3%.