The cost of construction materials in Metro Manila rose at a slower pace of 1.0 percent in September 2025, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Tuesday.
This was slower than the 1.1-percent increase in August and the 1.2-percent price inflation in September last year.
Data from the PSA showed this was primarily due to the index of carpentry materials, which recorded an annual decline of 0.1 percent from an increase of 0.3 percent in August.
Another factor was the slower annual increase was observed in the cost of plumbing materials at 0.1 percent in September, down from 0.4 percent in the previous month.
Other slower annual mark-ups were also posted in the indices of electrical materials (1.8 percent from 1.9 percent), masonry materials (1.4 percent from 1.5 percent) and miscellaneous construction materials (0.2 percent from 0.4 percent).
