(MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has credited the country's continuing inflation rate slowdown to the "strong political will" and "sound economic policies" of the Marcos administration. “This continued drop in inflation can be attributed to President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' R. Marcos...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recently announced the continuing decline of our country’s inflation rate. This piece of good news could be the giant pendulum that would swing our economy in the right direction. According to the PSA, the “headline inflation rate decreased from 6.6...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the decreasing inflation rate in the country was "encouraging" and was a sign of continued progress towards affordable prices of goods. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of KJ Rosales/PPA Pool) “Today we received encouraging...
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan believes that the Philippines is “on track” to reach its target of slower inflation rate this year owing to the downward trend observed recently. (From left) NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan talks to Chief...
Kadiwa stores in the country play an important role in the lives of Filipinos in need amid inflation, a central bank official said. Through a statement issued by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) monetary board member Bruce Tolentino stressed the...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Monday, April 24, s it would take a “little time” for it to stabilize the country's economy as his administration begins institutionalizing changes. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from Presidential Communications Office) During an...
ILOILO CITY – After recording its highest inflation rate in 14 years at 10.8 percent in February, inflation or the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time decelerated by 1.7 percent in Western Visayas to 9.1 percent in March, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. A MAN looks at...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. vowed to continue his administration’s drive to sustain the improvements reflected in the recent inflation rate data. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presides over a Cabinet meeting in Malacañang. (Photo from Presidential Communications Office) In a...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas registered an inflation rate of 10.8 percent in February, the highest in more than 14 years, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. A FRUIT and vegetable stall in an outdoor market in Iloilo City. The inflation rate in Western Visayas climbed to 10.8 percent in...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Region 4-B or the Mimaropa (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan area) recorded an 8.9 percent inflation rate in January which was higher than the nation’s 8.7 percent. Leni R. Rioflorido, Philippine Statistics Authority...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday, February 8, called on the country’s economic managers to tame the rising inflation in the country which peaked at 8.7 percent in January 2023, an all-time high since November 2008. Pimentel expressed dismay at the economic...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has labeled as "unfortunate" the surging inflation rate of the country which rose to 8.7 percent in January. Marcos, however, believes that amid the rise of the inflation rate from 8.1 percent in December last year, it will go down by the second quarter of...
