This report presents the Headline Inflation Rate (IR) for all income households in the province of Cavite during the month of March 2025.

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

The headline inflation rate for the province is 1.1 percent, which reflects a 0.3 percentage point decrease from the 1.4 percent inflation rate recorded in February 2025. (see Table 1 and Figure 1).

The deceleration in Cavite's inflation rate for March 2025 was driven by a number of factors, primarily the decrease in the annual growth rate of the Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages commodity group, which dropped to 3.4 percent from 4.2 percent in March 2025. This commodity group had a significant impact, contributing 66.6 percent to the overall inflation for March 2025. In addition to this, there were also decreases in the indices of the following commodity groups that contributed to the downtrend in overall inflation:
• Clothing and Footwear, 2.7 percent from 4.0 percent
• Furnishing, Household Equipment and Routine Maintenance of the House, 2.8 percent from 3.7 percent
• Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels, -3.6 percent from -3.7 percent
• Personal Care, and Miscellaneous Goods and Services, 2.3 percent from 2.6 percent
• Transport, -0.9 percent from -0.8 percent
• Recreation, Sport and Culture. -0.1 percent from 1.3 percent 
• Health, 1.5 percent from 1.6 percent

Meanwhile, there were increases in the indices of the following commodity groups:
• Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, 1.3 percent to 1.9 percent
• Information and Communication, -0.6 percent to -04 percent
• Restaurants and Accommodation Services, 1.0 percent to 2.7 percent

Moreover, the commodity groups Education Services (12.4 percent), and Financial Services (0.0 percent) were stable this month.

For Food, inflation rate for prices dropped from 4.2 percent in February 2025 to 3.4 percent in March 2025, reflecting a 0.8 percentage point decrease. This indicates that food prices were increasing at a slower pace in March compared to the previous month. (see Table 3).

The decrease in overall food inflation in March 2025 was primarily driven by the sharp decreases in the annual growth rates of several food groups. 
• Meat and other parts of slaughtered land animals, 9.0 percent from 9.1 percent
• Vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas and pulses, 9.9 percent from 17.1 percent 
• Milk, other dairy products and eggs, 2.5 percent from 3.4 percent 
• Fruits and nuts, 4.7 percent from 7.3 percent
• Sugar, confectionery and desserts, -3.0 percent to -2.9 percent
• Cereals and cereal products, -4.5 percent from -2.2 percent

In contrast, there were increases in the annual growth rates of the following food groups, helping to moderate overall food inflation in Cavite for March 2025:
• Fish and other seafoods, 3.1 percent to 6.8 percent
• Ready-made food and other food products n.e.c., 3.5 percent to 4.0 percent 
• Oils and fats, 0.9 percent to 3.9 percent

Lastly, Rice experienced a deflation of -6.7 percent in March 2025, slightly lower than the -3.6 percent recorded in February 2025. Inflation for Corn, on the other hand, dropped to 7.6 percent from 10.1 percent for the month of March 2025.