Wrong diagnosis and policies won’t fix PH stagflation

June 29, 2026

The CPBRD’s diagnosis of the economic crisis is short-sighted, missing the deeper structural vulnerabilities that have plagued the economy for decades.

BBM completes stagflationary hat trick: Soaring prices, worsening jobs, slowing growth

May 7, 2026

ANALYSIS

The government cannot claim that it is addressing problems “directly and decisively” when families are forced to pay more for essentials as their livelihoods become even more insecure.

Inflation burden heavier on millions amid lack of gov’t action

May 5, 2026

The burden of adjusting to the oil price shocks has been shifted onto over 21 million poor and vulnerable Filipino families. The government’s refusal to cut oil taxes and regulate prices reflects a policy failure that leaves the majority to fend for themselves amid a deepening crisis.

A fertilizer crisis unfolds

April 27, 2026

Are we headed to the inevitability of food insecurity or famine from a war that is not of our own making but brings the heaviest toll on us? More expensive fuel and fertilizer should not be a threat if only the Philippine government protects the domestic economy, local food production, and the direct food producers—the farmers and fisherfolk.

Labor market in crisis, not merely slowing down

February 9, 2026

NEWS

Recently released labor force data point to a deepening jobs crisis, not a mere “slowdown in momentum” as the Marcos Jr administration claims.

Gov’t debt balloons to feed Marcos admin’s huge pork barrel addiction

December 9, 2025

The huge increase in debt corresponds to huge increases in controversial indicators of pork barrel in the national budgets under Pres. Marcos Jr.

Slowest inflation, but prices higher than during peak inflation under Marcos

August 19, 2025

NEWS ANALYSIS

The less-than-1% inflation indicates slower price hikes but does not mean that prices in general went down.

What’s not being said about PH employment

April 11, 2025

The actual situation of millions of Filipinos, not official statistics, are the main determinant of how bad the jobs situation is.

Unpacking data shows labor market getting worse — IBON

November 11, 2024

NEWS ANALYSIS

The nation needs leaders that genuinely care about the worsening welfare of Filipino citizens and are willing to push radical and meaningful measures that will really create better-quality jobs and higher incomes.