The headline inflation rate at the regional level escalated to 8.5 percent in October 2022, from the 7.6 percent in September. This translated to a change of 0.9 percentage point. In the same reference month of the previous year, the index posted at 3.2 percent. The uptrend of inflation in October 2022 was primarily due to the acceleration of selected commodity groups such as (1) food and non-alcoholic beverages, with 10.2 percent inflation (2) restaurants and accommodation services, with 10.7 percent inflation, and (3) housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, with 6.2 percent inflation.