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BSP: Price increases speed up in October
Manila Bulletin
|October 31, 2025
Peso depreciation, alongside higher prices of basic consumer goods and electricity, might have pushed the inflation rate to between 1.4 percent and 2.2 percent in October, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
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"Upward price pressures for the month may stem from higher prices of rice, fish, vegetables, and electricity, as well as the depreciation of the peso," the BSP said in a statement released on Thursday, Oct. 30.
This story is from the October 31, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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