The inflation rate in the Negros Island Region (NIR) slowed to 0.4 percent in October 2025, down from 0.8 percent in September, data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority showed.
NIR’s inflation remains significantly below the national headline rate of 1.7 percent, which held steady from the previous month.
It is also among the lowest inflation rates in the Visayas, indicating comparatively stable prices in the region.
In the Visayas, Western Visayas (Region VI) recorded a higher inflation rate of 0.7 percent, while Central Visayas (Region VII) posted a notably higher 2.6 percent, despite easing from 4.1 percent a month earlier.
Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) registered 0.5 percent, slightly above NIR’s level.
NIR’s 0.4 percent inflation rate places the region among the more stable-price environments in the country for October.
Only SOCCSKSARGEN (–0.5 percent) and BARMM (–1.3 percent) recorded lower figures.
The national inflation rate of 1.7 percent was driven primarily by increases in housing, water, electricity, gas, and fuels; restaurant and accommodation services; and food and non-alcoholic beverages.*