The headline inflation or the annual rate of change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket of South Cotabato decreased to 6.0 percent in October 2022 from 6.9 percent in September 2022.

The headline inflation or the annual rate of change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket in General Santos for the month of October 2022 slowed down to 7.0 percent from last month’s inflation at 7.7 percent.

The headline inflation or the annual rate of change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket in Sarangani for the month of October 2022 eased from 8.4 percent in September 2022 to 8.1 percent.

Headline inflation rate or the annual rate of change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket in Cotabato Province decreased to 7.5 percent in October 2022 from 7.8 percent in September 2022. This is higher than the regional but lower than the national level at 6.5 percent and 7.7 percent respectively.

Headline inflation rate or the annual rate of change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket in Cotabato Province increased to 7.6 percent in November 2022 from 7.5 percent in October 2022. This is higher than the regional but lower than the national level at 7.0 percent and 8.0 percent respectively. An uptrend inflation rate was observed for this month. Inflation in November 2021 was lower at 4.2 percent. The average inflation for All items for the 11 months of the year stood at 5.7 percent.

PSA Cotabato and Local Government Units of Aleosan and Arakan Conduct Municipal Level Training on the 2022 Community Base Monitoring System Enumeration.

YEAR-ON-YEAR INFLATION RATES Headline inflation rate or the year-on-year change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket in the province of Sultan Kudarat rose to 5.7 percent in November 2022 from 4.9 percent in October 2022.

The headline inflation or the annual rate of change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket in General Santos for the month of November 2022 slightly rose to 7.1 percent from last month’s inflation at 7.0 percent.

The headline inflation or the annual rate of change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket of South Cotabato increased to 6.9 percent in November 2022 from 6.4 in October 2022. A different of 0.5 percentage point from the previous month.

The headline inflation or the annual rate of change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket in Sarangani for the month of November 2022 increased from 8.1 percent in October 2022 to 8.3 percent. This is higher than the regional and national level at 7.0 percent and 8.0 percent, respectively. In November 2021, inflation was observed at 6.7 percent.