Negros Occidental’s Inflation Rate for all income household declined to 2.1 percent compared to previous month’s rate of 2.8 percent and also against April 2024 with 4.4 percent (Please see Figure 1).         
Some commodities noted to have a negative annual growth rate like; Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages at 1.3 percent from 2.3 percent in March 2025, Clothing and Footwear at 5.4 percent from 5.6 percent,  Housing/Water/Electricity/Gas & Other Fuels at 2.7 percent from 4.0 percent, Transport at  (-1.0) percent from (-0.6) percent, and Restaurants and Accommodation Services at 1.9 percent from 3.5 percent. While these commodities manifest a positive growth rate in April 2025; Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco at 7.9 percent from 6.3 percent in March 2025,  Furnishing/household Equipment and Routine Maintenance at 2.1 percent from 1.8 percent, Health at 3.7 percent from 3.1 percent, and Personal Care & Miscellaneous Goods and Services at 2.1 percent from 1.9 percent. (See Figure 2)

The indices of the rest of the commodities retained their previous month’s annual growth rates.       
 

In Bacolod City, the Inflation Rate for All Income Households declined to 2.2 percent from 3.5 percent in March 2025 and against last year April 2024 at 3.9 percent. (See Figure 3.). The decrease in the year-on-year inflation rate was attributed by a negative indices in some commodities like; Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages at 1.3 percent from 2.0 percent, Clothing & Footwear at 5.9 percent from 6.2 percent, Housing/Water/Electricity/Gas and Other Fuels at 1.2 percent from 4.6 percent, Transport at (-3.5) percent from (-1.5) percent,  Recreation/Sports and Culture at 4.9 percent from 5.0 percent, Restaurants and Accommodation Services at 6.1 percent from 7.1 percent, and Personal Care & Miscellaneous Goods and Services at 5.0 percent from 5.4 percent.

Relative to their annual rates, higher inflation rate were observed in this commodity, Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco at 6.1 percent in April 2025 from 5.9 percent.

The indices of the rest of the commodities retained their previous month’s annual growth rates. (See Figure 4)     
 

Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages inflation, in Negros Occidental’s monthly decrease in the seasonally adjusted CPI for April 2025 resulted to a decline in inflation at 1.3 percent from 2.3 percent in March 2025 and against April 2024 at 7.4 percent. Bacolod City also exhibited a decrease to 1.3 percent from 2.0 percent in March 2025 and against last year of the same month with 4.7 percent. 

Negros Occidental’s Annual growth rate for the seasonally adjusted Consumer price Index (CPI) for April 2025, exhibited a decrease in some food commodities like;  Cereals & Cereals Products at (-1.9) percent from 1.5 percent in March 2025, Rice at (-2.8) percent from 1.7  percent, Corn at 2.2 percent from 3.1 percent, Meat and Other Parts of Slaughtered Land Animals at 3.3 percent from 3.8 percent, Milk, Other Dairy Products and Eggs at 6.1 percent from 6.3 percent, Fruits & Nuts at 0.3 percent from 1.3 percent, and Non- Alcoholic Beverages at 3.1 percent from 3.2 percent.     

Annual rates of increases were recorded in the following food commodities like: Flour/Bread and Other Bakery Products, Pasta Products and Other Cereals at 0.8 percent from 0.4 percent, Fish and Other Seafoods at 0.1 percent from (-0.5) percent, Oils & Fats at (-3.3) percent from (-3.5) percent, Vegetables/Tubers/Cooking Bananas and Pulses at 8.8 percent from 6.8 percent, Sugar, Confectionery and Desserts at (-0.7) percent from (-1.2) percent, and Ready-Made Food and Other Food Products N.E.C. at 2.4 percent from 1.4 percent.  (See Table 3)    
 

In Bacolod City, year-on-year inflation decline to 1.3 percent for  Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages for the month of April 2025 the decrease were noted in some commodities like; Cereals and Cereals Products at (-5.1) percent from (-1.0) percent,  Cereals (Rice) at (-7.4) percent from (-2.0) percent, Corn at 3.7 percent from 4.0 percent, Flour, Bread,and Other Bakery Products Pasta Products and Other Cereals at 1.6 percent from 1.7 percent, Oils & Fats at (-3.1) percent from (-1.8) percent, Fruits & Nuts at (-0.4) percent from (-0.1) percent.

Annual growth rates showed an increase on the following commodities: Meat and Other Parts of Slaughtered Land Animals at 2.0 percent from 1.8 percent, Fish and Other Seafoods at 6.1 percent from 4.2 percent, Milk, Other Dairy Products and Eggs at 4.1 percent from 4.0 percent,  Vegetables/Tubers/Cooking Bananas and Pulses at 7.1 percent from 6.7 percent, Sugar, Confectionery and Desserts at (-0.2) percent from (-1.4) percent, and  Ready-Made Food and Other Food Products N.E.C. at 4.6 percent from 3.6 percent.   
The indices of the rest of the food commodity groups still retain their annual growth rates from the previous month. (See Table 4)   
 

Non-Food Inflation for April 2025, Negros Occidental slightly decline to 2.3 percent from 3.0 percent in March 2025. The decrease ware noted in some commodity group like; Clothing & Footwear, Housing/Water/Electricity/Gas and Other Fuels, Transport, and Restaurant and Accommodation Services. Bacolod City, posted  a decrease  at 2.6 percent from 4.3 percent in March 2025 this were due to the annual year-on-year declining trend in the indices of some commodities group like; Clothing & Footwear, Housing/Water//Electricity/Gas and Other Fuels, Transport, Recreation/Sports and Culture, Restaurants and Accommodation Services, and Personal Care and Miscellaneous Goods and Services. (See Table 5)

Table 2. Year-on-Year Inflation Rates of the CPI for All Income Households in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City, January 2022 to April 2025.

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SGD JOHN F. CAMPOMANES
Chief Statistical Specialist