From the News! - Your Daily News » Inflation http://fromthenews.net Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Jan inflation slows to 10-mo low at 7.1% (BSP sees room for further rate cuts) http://fromthenews.net/jan-inflation-slows-to-10-mo-low-at-71-bsp-sees-room-for-further-rate-cuts.htm http://fromthenews.net/jan-inflation-slows-to-10-mo-low-at-71-bsp-sees-room-for-further-rate-cuts.htm#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:22:57 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5252 Reuters
Inquirer.net

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE 2) Annual inflation eased to a 10-month low of 7.1 percent in January on declining food and oil prices, the statistics office said Thursday.

Inflation in December was at 8.0 percent… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/jan-inflation-slows-to-10-mo-low-at-71-bsp-sees-room-for-further-rate-cuts.htm/feed 0 Inflation slows down to 11.9% in September http://fromthenews.net/inflation-slows-down-to-119-in-september.htm http://fromthenews.net/inflation-slows-down-to-119-in-september.htm#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:35:16 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5052 Des Ferriols
Philippine Star

The inflation rate slowed down to 11.9 percent in September from 12.5 percent in August, a development officials said indicated the softening of prices of basic commodities after weeks of worrisome increases.

The National Statistics… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/inflation-slows-down-to-119-in-september.htm/feed 0 ‘High prices not RP’s problem alone’ http://fromthenews.net/high-prices-not-rps-problem-alone.htm http://fromthenews.net/high-prices-not-rps-problem-alone.htm#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:39:13 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4983 Marvin Sy
Philippine Star

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We are not alone – in experiencing high prices of goods and services, that is.

Deputy presidential spokesman Anthony Golez emphasized that the Philippines is not alone as most of the world… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/high-prices-not-rps-problem-alone.htm/feed 0 High food prices no longer a risk to inflation – Tetangco http://fromthenews.net/high-food-prices-no-longer-a-risk-to-inflation-%e2%80%93-tetangco.htm http://fromthenews.net/high-food-prices-no-longer-a-risk-to-inflation-%e2%80%93-tetangco.htm#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:20:31 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4829 Des Ferriols
Philippine Star

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. said high food prices no longer constitute a risk to inflation although it is too early to say that prices have started to ease.

Tetangco… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/high-food-prices-no-longer-a-risk-to-inflation-%e2%80%93-tetangco.htm/feed 0 Retail price hikes need DTI okay http://fromthenews.net/retail-price-hikes-need-dti-okay.htm http://fromthenews.net/retail-price-hikes-need-dti-okay.htm#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:56:23 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4560 Ma. Elisa Osorio
Philippine Star

As the high cost of fuel continues to push up prices of basic goods, retailers are now required to get government approval for any upward price adjustment.

“We have to get the approval of… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/retail-price-hikes-need-dti-okay.htm/feed 0 No LRT fare hike http://fromthenews.net/no-lrt-fare-hike.htm http://fromthenews.net/no-lrt-fare-hike.htm#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:20:04 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4589 Rainier Allan Ronda
Philippine Star

The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) will not seek a fare increase for the LRT, and no fare hike is expected for the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) despite the rise in fares for buses,… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/no-lrt-fare-hike.htm/feed 0 Prices of canned goods up by 6-7% http://fromthenews.net/prices-of-canned-goods-up-by-6-7.htm http://fromthenews.net/prices-of-canned-goods-up-by-6-7.htm#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:17:50 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4588 Elisa Osorio
Philippine Star

Prices of canned goods including corned beef, sardines, and luncheon meat are expected to rise by six to seven percent by the end of the month on the back of higher tin costs.

“There will… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/prices-of-canned-goods-up-by-6-7.htm/feed 0 Jollibee notes shift, more customers in barong http://fromthenews.net/jollibee-notes-shift-more-customers-in-barong.htm http://fromthenews.net/jollibee-notes-shift-more-customers-in-barong.htm#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:04:18 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4610 Francisco Alcuaz Jr. and Frank Longid
Manila Standard

JOLLIBEE Foods Corp. chairman Tony Tan Caktiong said the fastest inflation in 14 years is making more higher-income customers try the country’s biggest fast-food chain even as lower-wage clients cut back… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/jollibee-notes-shift-more-customers-in-barong.htm/feed 0 Where are oil and food prices headed? http://fromthenews.net/where-are-oil-and-food-prices-headed.htm http://fromthenews.net/where-are-oil-and-food-prices-headed.htm#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:38:04 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4396 Cielito Habito
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines–Our inflation rate has gone double-digits–something we haven’t seen since the early 1990s–and we haven’t seen the worst of it yet. While rapid price increases hit all of us, the sad fact is… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/where-are-oil-and-food-prices-headed.htm/feed 0 Inflation 11.4% in June, highest in 14 years http://fromthenews.net/inflation-114-in-june-highest-in-14-years.htm http://fromthenews.net/inflation-114-in-june-highest-in-14-years.htm#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:11:49 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4386 Michelle Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—The prices of services and goods consumed by an average Filipino household went up by 11.4 percent in June from a year earlier—the fastest rate recorded in 14 years—due largely to the substantial… Read the rest

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