inflation

Substantial wage hike urgent amid unabated rising prices

Pebrero 6, 2025

The Marcos Jr administration should couple substantial wage hikes with a truly transformative economic plan that includes strategically tempering inflation.

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

Pebrero 6, 2025

Prices still high despite lower inflation

Enero 18, 2025

Inflation in Southeast Asia

Enero 9, 2025

NCR Family Living Wage, as of December 2024

Enero 9, 2025

Consumers still hurting from high prices even if inflation targets met

Enero 7, 2025

Latest inflation figures are within the Marcos administration’s 2-4% target for 2024, but this doesn’t automatically translate into better living conditions for Filipinos whose real incomes are stagnating or falling.

The bright side of the economy in 2025

Enero 7, 2025

Public awareness and demands for a better budget are essentially demands for an economic framework that prioritizes the welfare of the many over the interests of the few. This is a potentially powerful foundation for better economic policymaking in 2025 and beyond.

Lower inflation? Food prices higher, wages and incomes not keeping up—IBON

Oktubre 4, 2024

NEWS

Low inflation in September is no reason for complacency with food remaining expensive, especially for the poorest Filipinos whose low earnings cannot cope with high prices.