Catubuan said under the transport commodity, gasoline was the primary cause of the decrease of inflation with -7.9 percent last month, down to -14.7 percent during the reference period.
Other transport-related commodities that went down in May 2023 as reported by PSA-Aklan include passenger transport by air which decreased to 19.0 percent from 59.6 percent in April 2023, and diesel, which dropped to -26.1 percent from -18.4 percent in April 2023.
Meanwhile, prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages also contributed to the downtrend of inflation in the province with 7.4 percent in May 2023 from 7.8 percent in April of the same year.
Other commodities that exhibited lower inflation rates in May were alcoholic beverages and tobacco and housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels.
