Inflation settled at 2.9 percent in January, unchanged from December, after a negative rice price growth offset the increase ...

Rice prices in the Philippines continued their downtrend in the first month of 2025, with the inflation rate for the grain ...

Inflation in the Philippines held steady at 2.9 percent in January 2025, within the government’s target range of 2 percent to ...

MANILA -- The Philippines declared a "food security emergency" on Monday, allowing it to release its buffer stocks of rice into the market as part of government efforts to manage inflation.

The food security emergency declaration grants the Department of Agriculture the authority to instruct the National Food ...

By commodity, tomatoes see the highest inflation in January 2025, surging to 155.7% from an already high 120.8% in December 2024 ...

The reduction in rice tariffs and negative base effects are expected to help keep inflation within the Bangko Sentral ng ...

MANILA, Philippines - Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Monday, February. 3 declared food security emergency ...

DESPITE the decline in rice prices, the Philippines still faces a double whammy of high food and oil prices that could lead to faster inflation this year, according to the Philippine Statistics ...

AS the Philippines grapples with the volatility of rice prices, the delicate balance of agricultural policy and monetary policy comes into sharp focus. The warnings from former Bangko Sentral ng ...

Headline inflation settled at 2.9 percent, unchanged from December 2024 as lower rice prices helped offset the increase in ...

The Philippines’ inflation settled at 2.9 percent in January 2025, within the government’s target range of 2 percent to 4 ...