Eastern Visayas inflation rate at 1.3% in January

Eastern Visayas recorded an inflation rate of 1.3% in January 2025, the second lowest among all regions in the Philippines.

However, for poor families (bottom 30% income bracket), the inflation rate was significantly lower at 0.6%, marking the lowest in five years and also the lowest nationwide.

This rate for the bottom 30% income group was four times lower than the national average of 2.4%.

The primary drivers for the overall stable inflation were slower price increases for rice (4.2% inflation) and meat (1% deflation), which counteracted faster price hikes in baked goods (1.7% inflation) and fish/seafood (4.5% inflation).

For the bottom 30% income bracket, the deceleration was largely due to a slower inflation rate in the food and non-alcoholic beverages group, which decreased to 0.2% from 1.7% in December 2024.

Only Eastern Samar (3% inflation) and Southern Leyte (2.2% inflation) experienced an increase in their inflation rates compared to the previous month, while Biliran, Northern Samar, and Samar saw a decrease.