Tag: marcos jr administration
Minimum Wage vs Family Living Wage Per Region, as of December 2023
Enero 12, 2024
Despite slower December 2023 inflation, Filipino’s wages and incomes are not enough to cope with costs of goods and services.
NCR Family Living Wage, as of December 2023
Enero 12, 2024
Despite slower December 2023 inflation, Filipino’s wages and incomes are not enough to cope with costs of goods and services.
PH starts 2024 on weak footing: Jobless growth and deindustrialization
Enero 12, 2024
FEATURE
The Marcos Jr administration knows that we all want good news because, well, who doesn’t. Unfortunately, it is taking advantage of this to manage citizens’ perception of the economy.
Stagnant employment and shrinking labor force indicate worsening disguised joblessness — IBON
Enero 10, 2024
The lower unemployment rate appears favorable but should not be taken at face value.
DOTr doesn’t want to admit that jeepney fare hikes are coming
Enero 7, 2024
COMMENTARY
There is much to improve in making public mass transport safer, cleaner and more convenient but ‘modernization’ by making transport profitable for private capital is the wrong direction.
Inflation slower but not for the poor – IBON
Enero 5, 2024
Though overall December 2023 inflation slowed, this was not the case for the bottom 30% income households. This shows the current administration’s anti-inflation measures focused on import liberalization did little to protect poor Filipinos burdened more with high prices.
Lower agri tariffs a lazy and counterproductive response to El Niño — IBON
Disyembre 27, 2023
EO 50 is counterproductive because the over-reliance on cheap imports even before El Niño occurs disincentivizes domestic producers and undermines domestic agricultural production.
