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August inflation

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on August inflation.

  2. OVERSEAS Filipino worker remittances continue to grow on an annual basis, though the pace of expansion has slowed to its lowest levels in nearly four years amid geopolitical tensions and a drop in the number of workers abroad.

    OFW cash remittances rise 1.9% in August

    OFW cash remittances rose 1.9 percent to $3.03 billion in August 2026, bringing eight-month inflows to $23.42 billion, although growth remains slow amid global…

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  6. MOST major rice-producing regions posted double-digit annual price increases. Ilocos Region recorded the largest gain at 54 percent, bringing its average price to P23.57 per kilo.

    August Palay prices jump 30%

    Palay prices rose nearly 30 percent year-on-year in August, giving Filipino rice farmers more room to absorb higher fuel, transport and production costs…

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  8. ALEX Eala’s historic win in the WTA 500 Mubadala Open in Washington makes her the toast of Philippine sports in the month that passed.

    Eala banners August achievers

    Alex Eala headlines the Philippine Sportswriters Association’s August honor roll after winning the WTA 500 Mubadala Open and rising to a historic world No. 18…

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  9. Peso slump may call for more BSP hikes

    Peso slump may call for more BSP hikes

    The peso’s recent depreciation may indicate that further tightening from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) might be warranted as the Philippine economy…

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  10. PHILIPPINE Statistics Authority data reveal that, despite easing overall food inflation, rice inflation accelerated to 19.4 percent in August from 17.1 percent in July. The PSA says kilogram of well-milled rice at the national level had an average retail price of P56.29 during the second phase of August 2026 (15 to 17 August 2026), higher than its average retail prices in the first phase of August 2026 (1 to 5 August 2026) at P55.93 per kilogram and in the second phase of July 2026 (15 to 17 July 2026) at P55.69 per kilogram.

    Inflation cools 6.1% amid costlier rice

    Philippine inflation eased to 6.1 percent in August from 6.2 percent in July, but faster rice and transport price increases continued to pressure consumers.

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  15. BSP Assistant Governor Roger Mercado speaks at a press conference following the central bank’s third rate hike this year.

    BSP sees August inflation easing slightly

    BSP sees August inflation at 5.5 to 6.5 percent as higher food and fuel prices, bad weather and El Niño risks offset easing electricity rates and peso gains.

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  16. BSP hikes rates again, cites risks outside Gulf

    BSP hikes rates again, cites risks outside Gulf

    The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has continued its tightening bias, hiking its key policy rate by another 25 basis points amid persistent upside risks to…

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  17. AMRO Chief Economist Dong He (left) and AMRO Group Head and Lead Economist Jinho Choi (right) speak at a press briefing at the central bank’s Manila offices on Thursday morning.

    AMRO cuts 2026 growth forecast to 3.4%

    The Philippine economy is expected to slow sharply this year as higher inflation, weaker private consumption and subdued public investment weigh on growth,…

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