The rate of change in the price of consumer goods and services accelerated to 8.7 percent year-on-year in January, its fastest pace since the 9.1 percent recorded in November 2008, on account of higher cost of house rental, utilities, food and transportation.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) sees inflation remaining elevated between 7.5 and 8.3 percent this month, well above the two to four percent target, after hitting a 14-year high of 8.1 percent in December.
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Felipe Medalla expects inflation falling below the lower end of the government’s two- to four-percent target range early...
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) faces an intricate policy dilemma as the economy slows down sharply. Second-quarter GDP growth cooled to 2.3 percent year-on-year—down from 2.8 percent in the first quarter and well below the 5.4 percent mark recorded a year prior—placing the central bank in the difficult position of managing persistent price pressures while avoiding a deeper domestic downturn.