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Inflation in the country, or the rate at which the prices of goods and services go up, rose to its slowest since 2019 in July at 0.9 percent as global rice prices went down that period. Will this make it easier ...

The Department of Agriculture has recommended raising tariffs on imported rice to protect local farmers and their livelihoods. What will this mean for the Philippine economy in the government's quest to alleviate the woes of our farmers?The news broke via ...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is optimistic that the country could be a $2-trillion-dollar economy in the next 10 years-reaching the same level as mainland China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Taiwan, and Indonesia. That's on the condition, ...

Filipino employees have a reason to look forward to the year 2024, as a significant salary increase is on the horizon-at least according to the latest findings from conducted by global professional services firm Mercer's Total Remuneration Survey 2023.The ...

December was a tougher time for Filipinos than we previously thought. Much has been said about the sky-high consumer prices for vegetables, meat, and the like during the holidays. And the data backs it up.According to a representative of the ...

Philippine inflation has gotten much worse than we expected. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority and national statistician Dennis Mapa, the Philippines posted a 7.7-percent spike in October 2022. The last time we say this kind of number was back ...

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recently reported that the national inflation rate has accelerated to 6.9 percent for the month of September, the highest in four years after slowing down to 6.3 percent in August.With the peso falling towards ...

Around 2.9 million Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger in June, a slight decrease from two months prior, results of a Social Weather Stations survey released on Saturday showed.Some 11.6% of 1,500 adults polled from June 26 to 29 ...

Investing in stocks has traditionally been viewed as a hedge against inflation, and is one way to build wealth over time, especially if you're looking to grow your savings in the long-term.Over the past 35 years (since 1987), we ...

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recently reported that the national inflation rate has increased to 4.0 percent for the month of March after it reached a low of 3.0 percent for the months of January and February this year.As ...

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recently reported that the national inflation rate has accelerated to 4.2 percent in January 2020, the highest ever recorded since 2019. Inflation increased last year from 3.3 percent in November to 3.5 percent in ...

If you don't regularly go to the market, this story might not concern you. But for everybody else whose task it is to replenish food supplies on a regular basis, they might be wondering why exactly prices of basic commodities are ...

Inflation in the Philippines slowed to 2.4 percent in August, a consequence of weak demand driven by the coronavirus pandemic. It was also below the forecast set by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.Also read: 8 Great Monarchies and How They ...