Low real wages, more expensive food (as of October 2025)

November 8, 2025

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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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.

NCR Family Living Wage as of June 2025

July 7, 2025

NCR Family Living Wage as of May 2025

June 6, 2025

NCR Family Living Wage as of April 2025

May 16, 2025

As it is, the Php645/day nominal minimum wage in the National Capital Region falls short of the Php1,221/ day family living wage (FLW) by Php576. Nominal minimum wages in the other regions are even lower. The 2025 midterm elections’ political aspirants almost all said that they are for wage hikes to push the purchasing power of Filipinos up. But the challenge is to raise wages to at least the level of the estimated FLW.

Bakit tuloy-tuloy ang pagtaas ng presyo ng bilihin sa bansa? Ano ang solusyon?

April 14, 2025

Kaliwa’t kanan ang pahayag ng gobyernong Marcos Jr na nilulutas nito ang inflation, pero walang nakikitang epekto hanggang ngayon. Ano nga ba ang nagtutulak ng mataas na presyo at paano ito sosolusyonan?

Low real wages, more expensive food, as of February 2025

March 6, 2025

Higpit-sinturon despite within-target inflation

February 7, 2025

The Marcos Jr adminstration was happy that inflation was within target for the year. Yet, the incomes of a lot of Filipinos are still insufficient to buy their basic needs.