SPECIAL RELEASE The Consumer Price Index in Quezon December 2019 (2012=100)
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2020-001
CPI by commodity group, Year-on-Year Alcoholic beverages and tobacco showed the highest CPI (306.1 index points) among the commodity groups. The group of food and non-alcoholic beverages followed with 126.7 index points. Transport registered the least CPI of 101.9 index points followed by communication with 103.1 index points. Inflation Rate, Year-on-Year The inflation rate (IR) in the province was recorded at 3.3 percent during the reference month. It increased by 2.6 percentage points from the previous month’s figure of 0.7 percent and decreased by 0.2 percentage points from the rate a year ago at 3.5 percent. Inflation Rate by Commodity Group, Year-on-Year By commodity group, IR was highest for alcoholic beverages and tobacco, posted at 31.6 percent during the month. Transport (3.2 percent) exhibited the second highest IR, followed by the commodity group f housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (3.0 percent). The rest of the commodity groups had IR ranging from 0.6 percent (furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house) to 2.8 percent (food and non-alcoholic beverages).
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