Tag: prices

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

Agosto 19, 2025

NEWS ANALYSIS

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

Higpit-sinturon despite within-target inflation

Pebrero 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.

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.