Day: October 9, 2018

Philippine sugar output in marketing year (MY) 2018-2019 was estimated to increase by at least seven percent from 2.10 million (M) tons from the previous year to 2.23M tons, according to the Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report. Projections from the GAIN report, which was prepared by the US Department of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service in

Inflation reached a new nine-year high of 6.7 percent in September versus the 6.4 percent in August, based on data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Steep increases in food prices was caused by supply disruptions after the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong, stoking inflation in September, the PSA noted. Malacañang had assured that they