Also contributing to the uptrend in the overall inflation during the period were the higher annual increments in the indices of the following commodity groups as compared with their previous month’s inflation rates:

1. Restaurants and Accommodation Services, 9.4 percent

2. Recreation, Sport and Culture, 8.4 percent;

3. Clothing and footwear, 8.4 percent;

4. Furnishings, Household, Equipment and Routine, 8.3 percent;

5. Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 8.2 percent;

6. Personal Care, and Miscellaneous Goods and Services, 8.2 percent; and

7. Health, 4.6 percent.

Meanwhile, annual upticks slowed down in the information and communication index at 3.6 percent. The rest of the commodity groups had zero percent annual growths.

For food index, it increased further by 8.2 percent in June 2022, from 7.1 percent in the previous month. In June 2021, food index was lower by 1.9 percent. The annual growth rate of the oils and fats index went up to 50.3 percent during the month, from 45.2 percent in the previous month. In addition, double-digit growth rate was observed in the corn index with an inflation rate at 34.4 percent; sugar, confectionery and desserts at 22.2 percent; vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas and pulses at 18.8 percent; fruit and nuts at 13.1 percent; and flour, bread and other bakery products, pasta products, and other cereals, 10.2 percent. (see Table 3).

The following food groups exhibited higher annual increments during the month:

1. Cereals and Cereal Products, 9.9 percent;

2. Ready-made food and other food products n.e.c., 7.4 percent;

3. Meat and other parts of slaughtered land animals, 5.0 percent;

4. Rice; 2.4 percent;

5. Fish and other seafood, 2.3 percent; and

6. Milk, other dairy products and eggs, -2.5 percent.