TABLE 25 - Purchasing Power of Peso, Philippines: 2015 - September 2017

(2006 = 1.00)

a a
2016 2017
INDICATOR 2015 2016
Jul Aug Sep Jul Aug Sep

PURCHASING POWER OF PESO

PHILIPPINES 0.71 0.69 0.69 0.69 0.69 0.67 0.67 0.67
National Capital Region 0.76 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.72 0.72 0.71
Outside National Capital Region 0.69 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.66 0.66 0.66
Cordillera Administrative Region 0.72 0.70 0.70 0.71 0.70 0.69 0.69 0.69
Region I - Ilocos Region 0.74 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.72 0.72 0.71
Region II - Cagayan Valley 0.69 0.67 0.68 0.68 0.67 0.65 0.65 0.65
Region III - Central Luzon 0.70 0.69 0.69 0.69 0.68 0.67 0.67 0.67
Region IV - A - CALABARZON 0.72 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.69 0.69 0.69
Region IV - B - MIMAROPA 0.69 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.67 0.66 0.66 0.66
Region V - Bicol Region 0.69 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.65 0.65 0.65
Region VI - Western Visayas b 0.67 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.64 0.64 0.64
Region VII - Central Visayas c 0.70 0.68 0.68 0.67 0.67 0.66 0.65 0.65
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 0.66 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.63 0.62 0.62
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 0.65 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.62 0.62 0.62
Region X - Northern Mindanao 0.65 0.65 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.62 0.62 0.62
Region XI - Davao Region 0.67 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.63 0.63 0.62
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 0.66 0.65 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.63 0.63 0.63
Caraga 0.63 0.62 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.60 0.60 0.60
Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao 0.64 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.59 0.59 0.59
Negros Island Region d 0.70 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.66 0.66 0.66

a Average for the year.

b Excludes the province of Negros Occidental.
c Excludes the province of Negros Oriental.
d Consists of provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental.
Source of basic data: Philippine Statistics Authority, Consumer Price Index.

Definitions:
Purchasing Power of Peso - the equivalent value at base year (2006) prices of goods and services that a peso could buy at current prices.
1
Purchasing Power of Peso =-------------------- X 100
CPI

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