Caraga's CPI up by 115.9 index points: PSA-13
BUTUAN CITY - An increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all items in the Caraga Region has been recorded last month, the Philippine Statistics Authority - Caraga (PSA-13) said Thursday. PSA-13 Director Rosalinda Apura said Caraga registered 115.9 index points in May, or a 5.6 index points increase compared to the 110.3 CPI in the same month in 2021. "This shows that the average retail prices of commodities in the market basket were higher by 15.9 percent compared to its prices in 2018, the reference base year," Apura said in a statement. She added that all commodity groups in...
Source: philippinetimes.com