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                    [Title] => Inflation tops Filipinos’ concerns — poll
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                    [Title] => 7.2% high inflation rate weakens Philippine peso — economist
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Leyco explained that even the 5% interest rate hike by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in August is being outweighed by the surge in inflation. 

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Sen. Bong Go has called for stronger measures to protect Filipinos from rising living costs after the country’s headline inflation accelerated to 7.2 percent in September.

 

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Inihayag ni Philippine Statistics Authority chief at National Statistician Claire Dennis Mapa na tumaas sa 7.2% ang inflation rate sa Pilipinas noong Setyembre mula sa 6.1% noong Agosto,

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