Headline Inflation in SOCCSKSARGEN Sustained at 3.6% in May 2020

At 4.0 percent, SOCCSKSARGEN Region’s Inflation Rate for the Bottom 30% Households in June 2020 went down by 0.2 percentage gap points from 4.2 percent in May 2020 to settle at 4.0 percent. Among the commodity groups, Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco posted the highest annual increase at 24.7% in June 2020.

Headline Inflation in SOCCSKSARGEN Sustained at 3.1% in July 2020

Headline Inflation in SOCCSKSARGEN Eased at 3.1% in June 2020

Headline Inflation in SOCCSKSARGEN Slowed Down at 2.4% in August 2020

Fisheries production in SOCCSKSARGEN Region reached 92,470 metric tons in the 2nd quarter of 2020, up by 23.0% from the same period in 2019. Among the four (4) provinces in the region, only South Cotabato has posted an increase in production when compared to the same period last year. At 86,702 metric tons, South Cotabato accounted for 93.8% of the total regional fisheries production during the review period.

SOCCSKSARGEN Region registered live births decreased by 2.46 Percent in First Quarter of 2020

Inflation Rate for the Bottom 30% Households in July 2020 for SOCCSKSARGEN Region eased to 3.6 percent, decreasing by 0.4 percentage point from 4.0 percent in June 2020. Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco had the highest annual increment among the commodity groups at 26.7 percent in July 2020 maintaining double digit gains recorded in June 2020.