Guimaras inflation drops to 0.5% in June 2025

The inflation rate in Guimaras fell to 0.5% in June 2025, down from 0.8% in May, marking a continued decline from the 6.2% recorded in June 2024, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) – Guimaras.

“The downtrend in overall inflation in June 2025 was primarily influenced by slower annual changes in the indices for housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, which eased to 1.2% from 3.7% in May,” said Provincial Statistics Officer Nelida B. Losare.

She added that the annual price change for transport also slowed to 0.1% in June from 1.2% in May, further contributing to the lower inflation rate.

Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels accounted for 83.2% of the overall decrease in June inflation, while transport contributed 16%.

Losare said that from May to June 2025, the slowdown in inflation was largely driven by decelerating price movements in electricity, gas and other fuels, which fell to 3.2% from 10.0%, and in passenger transport services, which dipped to 0.1% from 1.2%, according to Losare.

Recreation, sport and culture also posted a lower annual inflation rate in June 2025 at 0.6%, down from 0.7% in May.

In contrast, two of the 13 commodity groups posted faster inflation rates in June compared to May:

-Information and communication, up to 2.9% from 2.7%.
-Personal care and miscellaneous goods and services, up to 1.3% from 1.1%.

Seven commodity groups retained their May 2025 inflation rates:
-Food and nonalcoholic beverages, 1.8%.
-Alcoholic beverages and tobacco, 7.7%.
-Clothing and footwear, 2.6%.
-Health, 1.4%.
-Education services, 0.0%.
-Restaurants and accommodation services, 10.4%.
-Financial services, 0.0%.

Restaurants and accommodation services had the largest impact on Guimaras’ inflation in June, contributing 131.7% or 0.66 percentage points, driven by a 10.5% increase in food and beverage serving services—particularly full-service restaurants, cafés and similar establishments.

Alcoholic beverages and tobacco followed, contributing 90.4% or 0.45 percentage points to the inflation rate, with spirits and liquors seeing an 8.8% inflation.

From May to June 2025, inflation across Western Visayas declined, with four of five provinces recording lower rates.

Guimaras eased slightly from 0.8% to 0.5%, while Aklan and Antique slid into deflation, and Capiz and Iloilo saw moderate declines.

Over the 13-month period from June 2024 to June 2025, Guimaras showed a steady decline in inflation—from 6.2% to 0.5%—without entering deflation, unlike Aklan and Antique.

Capiz maintained a stable, positive trend, while Iloilo remained the most inflation-resilient in the region, recording the highest rates despite a downward trajectory.

“The inflation rate is the rate of change in the consumer price index (CPI), derived by comparing indices from the same period in the previous year or month,” Losare said.

She added that Guimaras posted a 132.6 CPI in June 2025, meaning a typical household needed PHP1,326 in June 2025 to buy the same goods and services worth PHP1,000 in 2018.

“The purchasing power of the peso (PPP) in Guimaras stood at 0.75 in June 2025, indicating that PHP1 in 2018 is now worth 75 centavos,” Losare said.