BUTUAN CITY, April 15 -- From 2.7 percent in February, the inflation in the Caraga Region spiked to 3 percent last month, the Philippine Statistics Authority in the region (PSA-13) said Monday.

However, PSA-13 said this year's March inflation was lower at 7.3 percent compared to the same period last year.

Housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels were identified as the primary sources of the acceleration of inflation in the region, which registered -4.1 inflation last month compared to -5.4 in February.

"The housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels logged a 55.1 percent uptrend share to last month's inflation," the PSA report said.

Other causes of increased inflation last month were food and non-alcoholic beverages an...