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August inflation

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on August inflation.

  1. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…