Shigeru Ishiba thinks consumption tax on food should not be lowered, against the wishes of political dissenters, in spite of ...

The PHP45 per kg. maximum suggested retail price (MSRP), the lowest thus far, is set to remain amid a “significant” retail ...

A farmers group on Wednesday said that the low import tariffs should be blamed for the decline in palay prices during the dry ...

Japan is making a rare move to help with rising rice prices and releasing 210,000 tonnes (231,485 U.S. tons) from its emergency stockpile to help stabilize the market. Prices have shot up over 50% in ...

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In January, core inflation reached a 19-month high of 3.2 per cent, in significant part because the average prices of rice have surged to their highest level on record. As a calming measure ...

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing [email protected] New data suggests that soaring egg prices, which became a flashpoint issue during last year's presidential election, may finally be ...

There’s no end in sight for the rising cost of food. On the heels of post-pandemic inflation, price tags at the grocery store are expected to multiply yet again once President Donald Trump’s ...

Economists from Bank of America and BNP Paribas expect the February consumer price index report due Wednesday to show early signs of the impact from tariffs — in particular the additional levies ...

Meanwhile, the farmgate price of palay has dropped to P15 per kilo amid efforts to reduce retail rice prices, Sinag executive director Jayson Cainglet said. Palay’s farmgate price, he noted ...

That’s certainly true in construction. For example, contractors had once hoped construction prices would return to pre-pandemic levels. Instead, five years after the start of the COVID-19 ...

TOKYO (AFP): The Japanese government began a rare auction on Monday of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the surging price of the national staple. Rice shortages driven by ...