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Compared to other Southeast Asian countries, the Philippines’ inflation is the sixth highest recorded in 2022. Economic experts say that even if the Philippine economy posted growth, inflation grew faster since December.
Ipinahayag kamakailan ni Albay Rep. Joey Salceda na ang inflation rate ng Pilipinas ay “isa sa pinakamababa pa rin sa mundo,” at sinabing ito ay malamang na “bunga ng diskarte” ng economic managers ng bansa. Ito ay nangangailangan ng konteksto.
Sa kanyang arrival statement sa Maynila mula sa Davos, Switzerland noong Enero 21, sinabi ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na ang Pilipinas ay “nangunguna [sa] economic recovery” hindi lamang sa rehiyon ng Asia-Pacific kundi maging sa mundo. Ito ay hindi totoo.
Delivering his arrival statement in Manila from Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claimed that the Philippines is “leading [in] economic recovery” not only in the Asia-Pacific region but also in the world. This is false. STATEMENT After participating in the World Economic Forum (WEF) held from Jan. 16 to 20, Marcos […]
What can ordinary Filipinos do to manage the effects of inflation? We have to further tighten our belts and avoid overspending.
Multiple Facebook (FB) pages continue to share a quote card already denounced as fake, where Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos asked people to use a more inexpensive type of onion. Posted from Nov. 25 to 26, the fake quote cards appeared three days after prices of red onions reached P300 in […]
Dahil sa nakagugulantang na presyo ng mga bilihin dala ng pag-arangkada ng inflation sa bansa, pa’no nga ba nag-a-adjust ang millennials at Gen Zs? Pakinggan ang kwentuhan ng VERA Files reporters sa Episode 16 ng What The F?! Podcast.
Sinabi ni Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles na ang dahilan ng pagtaas ng inflation sa bansa ay ang peso-dollar exchange rate na bumagsak sa pinakamababang halaga, at “hindi dahil sa anumang lokal kadahilanan.” Ito ay nakaliligaw.
Sonny Africa, executive director of IBON Foundation, told VERA Files Fact Check in an email that while rising global prices of food and the depreciation of the peso, driven by interest rate hikes in the United States, are indeed immediate inflation factors, the government has “direct control over factors like the excise and value added taxes it puts on goods and services consumed or, like fuel, used to produce other goods and services.”
Inflation is expected to remain below 2 percent the rest of the year as more imported rice enter the market, slashing down the prices of the staple food, said Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) Senior Research Fellow Roehlano Briones.