Motorists brace for another hefty round of oil price hikes as fuel retailers announced adjustments effective Tuesday, Oct. 15. Several major oil companies, including Shell, Seaoil, CleanFuel, and Caltex, have announced that gasoline prices will increase by P2.65 per liter, while diesel and kerosene...
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has announced a reduction in electricity rates for October, while motorists should prepare for significant increases in fuel prices next week. Meralco said that electricity rates will decrease by P0.3587 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), bringing the overall cost for a...
Ikano Retail, the parent company of IKEA Philippines, reported a modest decline in revenues due to rising consumers prices. Christian Roejkjaer, Ikano Retail chief executive officer, said the company closed its financial year ending Aug. 31 in the Philippines with a turnover of EUR141 million...
Filipinos do not need to worry about rising extra rice prices, as they are projected to fall due to better global supply, allowing the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to speed up the lowering of borrowing costs in the coming months, according to British banking giant HSBC. Aris Dacanay, chief...
By DERCO ROSAL UK-based banking giant HSBC announced that the battle to control surging inflation in the country has been won. “We think the BSP's [Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas] inflation battle is finally over,” the bank stated, following the sharp decline in inflation in September. HSBC...
Rice prices from earlier this year. (MANILA BULLETIN) President Marcos' allies in the in the House of Representatives are still not giving up on the Chief Executive's dream of achieving P20 per kilo rice. This, after Albay 2nd...
The Department of Energy (DOE) said that consumers can expect a potential gasoline price rollback next week, while diesel prices are likely to increase. Rino Abad, DOE Oil Industry Management Bureau (OIMB) directo said these contrasting movements are due to various economic factors. ...
As inflation slid to its lowest level in four years, the Philippines' chief economist is looking forward to more Filipinos lifted out of poverty. "With inflation dropping from its high levels last year and early this year, together with the continuing robust labor market, we expect poverty to...
The rate of increase in consumer prices likely slowed to its lowest level since October 2020, with forecasts indicating a decline to 2.5 percent for September, from 3.3 percent in August. Stefan Angrick, Moody’s Analytics senior economist, explained that the significant decrease in inflation is...
Motorists will have a frustrating drive to the petroleum service stations this week as they will be greeted with diesel prices rising by P0.90 per liter; while diesel prices will be going up by P0.45 per liter. Kerosene, which is their cousin in the weekly triumvirate of price adjustments, will...
The squeeze on consumers’ pockets at the pumps will be leaner after all as global oil prices suddenly crashed at end-week trading on Friday (September 27), according to the oil companies. The industry players estimated that gasoline price increase had softened to P0.10 to P0.50 per liter,...
Inflation likely further slid to 2.9 percent in September as oil and rice price hikes eased, according to Dutch financial giant ING. "The Philippines' small decline in rice prices in September and lower transport fuel prices will have been offset by increases in fruits and vegetables and some other...
