real wages

Low real wages, more expensive food (June 2026)

Hulyo 9, 2026

Higher prices for rice, LPG, electricity squeeze Filipino families

Hulyo 7, 2026

Price hikes show that government’s touted measures to address high prices are not easing the burden on already struggling Filipino households.

Low real wages, more expensive food (April 2026)

Mayo 13, 2026

Low real wages, more expensive food

Abril 23, 2026

Low real wages, more expensive food (Jan 2026)

Pebrero 14, 2026

Low real wages, more expensive food (Dec 2025)

Enero 9, 2026

Low real wages, more expensive food

Mayo 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.

Low real wages, more expensive food

Nobyembre 5, 2024

Government claims its “vigilant measures to stabilize prices” helped keep October inflation within target. But food remains expensive and the low wages of many Filipinos can’t keep up.