food prices

Three-year-high inflation rate for bottom 30%: BBM’s inaction hits poorest hardest—IBON

October 7, 2026

Research group IBON said that the three-year-high 9% inflation rate for the bottom 30% of Filipino families shows that the poorest are bearing the brunt of rising prices amid the Marcos administration’s failure to address unabated oil price shocks. The group said the government’s measures to cushion the impact of price hikes are too small […]

The paradox of lower inflation, higher prices under Marcos

January 16, 2026

Addressing inflation in a meaningful way requires confronting its structural roots rather than stubbornly relying on short-term or market-oriented fixes.

Inflation steady, but Filipinos still hurting

November 7, 2025

Inflation stayed low in October, but this hasn’t eased the burden on Filipino households troubled with expensive prices of food and utilities.

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Low real wages, more expensive food

May 7, 2025

The 2.4% April inflation rate in the NCR was higher than the tamer 1.4% inflation recorded for all households in the country. On the whole, prices remained high, while unchanged measly nominal minimum wages are still not keeping up.