Aklan’s Inflation Eases to 7.3% in June 2026; Transport and Food Costs Drive Slowdown

KALIBO, AKLAN — July 15, 2026 — The overall inflation rate in Aklan slowed to 7.3% in June 2026, down from 8.0% in May 2026, according to the latest report released by the Aklan Provincial Statistical Office (APSO) on Wednesday.

Presented online by Peter S. Mangilog, DPA, OIC-Chief Statistical Specialist of APSO, the report also notes that the latest rate is a reversal from the -1.8% recorded in June 2025. For the first half of 2026 (January to June), the province’s average inflation stood at 5.6%, higher than the 2.0% average in the same period last year.

Purchasing Power Remains Flat

The purchasing power of the peso in Aklan stayed at 0.75 in June 2026, unchanged from May 2026 but lower than the 0.81 recorded in June 2025. This means every 100 pesos in June 2026 is worth only 75 pesos compared to 2018 price levels.

Transport Costs Lead Deceleration

The slowdown in Aklan’s June inflation was driven primarily by three commodity groups:

Transport: Inflation dropped sharply to 16.1% in June from 24.7% in May, accounting for 72.4% of the overall deceleration. This was largely due to lower price increases for fuels and lubricants, which fell from 50.5% in May to 33.8% in June.
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages: Inflation eased to 8.1% from 8.8% in the previous month, contributing 26.0% to the downtrend. Cereal price growth slowed from 25.6% to 22.2%.

Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco: Inflation moderated to 7.7% from 8.2%, making up 1.2% of the slowdown, with tobacco price hikes falling from 8.8% to 7.9%.

What Drove Prices Up?

Despite the overall easing, several items continued to push inflation higher:

Top contributors to June inflation:

Rice: 22.4% inflation (down from 25.9% in May), contributing 1.9 percentage points
Restaurants, cafes and similar services: 17.9% (up from 17.0%), contributing 1.0 percentage point
Gasoline: 32.6% (down from 47.4%), contributing 0.5 percentage point
Passenger transport by sea and inland waterways: 212.3% (up from 184.0%), contributing 0.3 percentage point
Liquefied hydrocarbons (LPG): 28.4% (down from 35.0%), contributing 0.3 percentage point
Other groups seeing faster price increases included clothing and footwear (4.3% from 4.2%), health (4.1% from 3.0%), restaurants and accommodation services (18.0% from 17.1%), and personal care and miscellaneous goods (3.2% from 2.9%). Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels moved from negative inflation (-0.2%) to positive growth (1.1%).
Harder Hit: Bottom 30% Income Households

Inflation for the province’s lowest-income households remained significantly higher at 9.6% in June 2026, though down from 10.5% in May 2026 and a marked improvement from the -3.1% in June 2025. Average inflation for this group in the first half of 2026 reached 6.7%.

Their purchasing power also stayed at 0.75 in June, unchanged from May. For this sector, food and non-alcoholic beverages accounted for 55.2% of the slowdown, followed by transport at 42.8% and alcoholic beverages and tobacco at 1.8%. Rice remained the top driver of inflation for poor households, contributing 3.3 percentage points.
For More Information
Full CPI and inflation data for all income groups and the bottom 30% are available at the Philippine Statistics Authority official websites:
https://psa.gov.ph/price-indices/cpi-ir
https://psa.gov.ph/price-indices/bottom-30/index