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File photo MANILA - Manufacturers and retailers of key commodities are calling for the institution of creative new measures to ease price pressures as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas expects last month's inflation to likely hover around the 8.5 to 9.3 percent range. In an interview Wednesday, Steven Cua, president of the Philippine Amalgamated Supermarkets Association, said local food producers need support to lessen the country's dependence on imported produce. He said an over-reliance on food that is shipped in from abroad inevitably translates to higher retail prices. "We really have to develop our own food production capabilities to protect the public against inflation," he said. Cua, whose group is composed mostly of medium-sized supermarkets nationwide, agreed that the BSP's forecast accurately reflects actual price changes at the store front in February. While volumes being sold by supermarkets remain largely unchanged despite price increases, he said consu ....
ELEVATED INFLATION. Higher prices of liquified petroleum gas (LPG), along with upticks in the prices of several food items, are projected to drive February 2023 inflation rate to between 8.5 to 9.3 percent. These factors are expected to be cushioned by lower petroleum prices and peso appreciation. (PNA file photo) MANILA - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) forecasts February 2023 inflation rate at range of 8.5 to 9.3 percent, citing the upside risks from higher prices of cooking gas. In a statement on Tuesday, the central bank said elevated prices of key food items, such as pork, fish, egg and sugar, are also expected the additional drivers of the rate of price increases this month. These factors, however, are seen to be countered by the lower prices for domestic petroleum, fruits and vegetables, chicken, and beef. "The peso appreciation could contribute to easing price pressures during the month," the BSP said. This, after the peso strengthened to 54-level against the US ....
(File photo) MANILA - The rate of price increases decelerated to 4.6 percent last October from month-ago's 4.8 percent but Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno said the balance of risks remains on the upside. Last month's inflation rate is near the lower end of the central bank's 4.5-5.3 percent forecast range for October and brought the year-to-date average to 4.5 percent. "The balance of risks to the inflation outlook remains on the upside for the remaining months of 2021 but continues to be broadly balanced for 2022 and 2023," Diokno told journalists in a Viber message on Friday. He reiterated that average inflation this year is projected to stay above the target band but to stay within target in the next two years. As of the last rate-setting meet of the central bank's policy-making Monetary Board (MB) last September, the BSP's average inflation forecast for this year is 4.4 percent while it is 3.1 percent for the next two years. ....