Summary Inflation Report
Consumer Price Index
(2018=100)

JANUARY 2025, ANTIQUE

Table A. Year-on-Year Inflation Rates, All Items in Percent (2018=100)

Figure 1. Headline Inflation Rates in Antique, All Items (2018=100)

Inflation rate in the province of Antique increased to 2.3 percent in January 2025, from 1.5 percent in December 2024. The recorded inflation rate of Antique in January 2024 was higher at 3.6 percent. The year-to-date inflation rate as of January 2025 was 2.3 percent.

The January 2025 provincial inflation was lower as compared to national and regional inflation rates. The inflation rate of the Philippines remains at 2.9 percent in January 2025, from the same value in December 2024. The national inflation rate in January 2024 was slightly lower at 2.8 percent. Moreover, inflation rate of Western Visayas increased further to 3.6 percent in January 2025, from 3.4 percent in December 2024. The recorded regional inflation rate in January 2024 was lower at 2.0 percent.

The increase in the province’s inflation rate in January 2025 was mainly influence by the higher annual increase in the indices of Food and non-alcoholic beverages at 2.7 percent in January 2025, from 1.2 percent in December 2024; Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance at 2.0 percent in January 2025, from 1.0 percent in December 2024; and, Restaurants and accommodation services at 2.0 percent in January 2024, from 1.2 percent in December 2024. 

Moreover, slower annual increments were observed for the following commodity groups:

a.    Alcoholic beverages and tobacco, 1.6 percent;
b.    Clothing and footwear, 2.4 percent;
c.    Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, 2.4 percent;
d.    Health, 1.6 percent;
e.    Transport, -0.1 percent;
f.    Information and communication, 0.1 percent; and, 
g.    Recreation, sport and culture, 3.2 percent. 
 

The indices for the following commodity groups, however, showed no changes from its last month’s inflation rate:

a.    Education services, -3.3 percent; and, 
b.    Personal care, and miscellaneous goods and services, 3.0 percent.

The recorded food inflation rate of Antique increased to 2.9 percent in January 2025, frin 1.3 percent in December 2024. The food commodity group with the highest share to the food inflation trend was Fish and other seafood at 5.9 percent in January 2025, from -1.3 percent in December 2024.

Further, higher annual increments were also observed for the following commodity groups:

a.    Meat and other parts of slaughtered animals, 7.2 percent;
b.    Fruits and nuts, 8.1 percent;
c.    Vegetables, tubers, plaintains, cooking bananas and pulses, 11.8 percent; and,
d.    Sugar, confectionery and desserts, 0.5 percent.

Moreover, slower annual increments were recorded for the following food commodity groups:

a.    Cereal and cereal products, -3.9 percent;
b.    Milk, other dairy products and eggs, 2.9 percent;
c.    Oils and fats, -0.3 percent; and,
d.    Ready-made food and other food products n.e.c., 1.5 percent. 
 

Table B. Year-on-Year Inflation Rates in Antique, All Items in Percent
January 2021 – January 2025 (2018=100)

RANDY M. TACOGDOY, DPA
Chief Statistical Specialist
Antique Provincial Statistical Office