Southern Leyte's inflation rate (IR) increased to 

2.6 percent in November 2024.

Southern Leyte's inflation rate (IR) increased to 2.6 percent in November 2024 from 2.2 percent in October 2024. While National and Regional IR are 2.5 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively.

Overall Inflation

The main driver to the upward trend of the overall inflation in November 2024 for All Income Household were the higher IR in following commodity groups;

a. Transport; -2.3 percent from -3.5 percent,

b. Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels, 2.5 percent from 1.6 percent,

c. Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages; 3.2 percent from 2.9 percent, and

d. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco; 3.6 percent from 3.3 percent. 
 

In contrast, lower inflation rates were noted in the following commodity groups;

a. Restaurants and accommodation services; 7.2 percent from 8.1 percent,

b. Health; 4.6 percent from 5.5 percent,

c. Personal Care, and Miscellaneous Goods and Services; 1.1 percent from 1.4 percent, and

d. Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance; 0.8 percent from 0.9 percent. 

CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS

Base Year - it identifies the base period with which the index relates. It is a period chosen as a reference on which a price index is computed. The index for the base year is 100.

Consumer Price Index - a statistical measure of the change in average retail prices of a fixed basket of goods and services bought by a specific group of consumers in agiven area in a given period.

Inflation Rate - the annual rate of change or the year-on-year change of the CPI. Inflation is interpreted in terms of the declining purchasing power of money.

Market Basket - the total number of goods and services in constant amounts and qualities which are samples of the goods and services available in the market and included in the construction of the index. The CPI market basket was selected to represent the composite price behavior of all goods and services purchased by consumers.

Percent Change - the percent point change expressed as a percent of the index of the earliest date.

Purchasing Power of Peso (PPP) - a measure of the volume of goods and services which the currency can buy at any given period relative to that which it could purchaseduring the base year. It is computed as the reciprocal of the CPI for the period under review multiplied by 100.

Retail Price - the actual price at which retailers sell a commodity on the spot or earliest delivery, usually in small quantities for consumption and not for resale. It is confined to transactions on a cash basis in the free market and excludes black- market prices and prices of commodities that are on sale as summer sales, anniversary sales, Christmas sales, etc.

 

EUTEMIO A. LLEVADO, JR.

Chief Statistical Specialist