Lipa City, Batangas – THE Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) CALABARZON reported the November 2025 inflation in the region during an online press conference on 12 December 2025. Regional Director Charito C. Armonia announced that the region’s inflation rate in November 2025 decreased at 1.8 percent. This figure is 0.9 percentage point lower than the 2.7 percent posted in November 2024.
A slower increase in prices for Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages commodity group─averaging at 0.7 percent─contributed to the decelaration in the overall inflation rate (IR).
Compared to previous month’s inflation, Food groups in CALABARZON that incurred increments in IR include Flour, bread and other bakery products, pasta products, and other cereals at 1.3 percent inflation (from 1.1 percent); Oils and fats at 17.9 percent inflation (from 17.3 percent); and Sugar, confectionery and desserts at 1.0 percent (from 0.6 percent). inflation
On the other hand, Food groups that recorded lower increase in prices include Corn at 12.1 percent inflation (from 13.5 percent); Meat and other parts of slaughtered land animals at 4.9 percent inflation (from 7.4 percent); Fish and other seafood at 6.6 percent inflation (from 7.8 percent); Milk, other dairy products and eggs at 0.4 percent inflation (from 0.9 percent); Vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas and pulses at 0.8 percent (from 22.1 percent); and Ready-made food and other food products n.e.c. at 1.9 percent (from 2.1 percent).
Meanwhile, Food groups like Rice showed a slow decrease in prices at -13.1 percent inflation (from -13.4 percent) and Fruits and nuts at -0.1 percent inflation (from -5.3 percent).
Compared to October 2025, inflation rate in November 2025 decreased in the areas of Batangas (from 1.0 percent to 0.5 percent), Cavite (from 3.0 percent to 2.2 percent), Laguna (from 2.6 percent to 2.1 percent), Quezon (from 1.9 percent to 1.5 percent), and Rizal (from 3.2 percent to 2.2 percent). Meanwhile, the highly urbanized Lucena City maintained its inflation rate at 0.6 percent.
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