January 4, 2019 We, the economic managers, welcome the news that the country’s inflation rate came to a seven-month low at 5.1 percent in December 2018 sharply down from November’s 6.0 percent. This signifies that the mitigating measures already in force are broadly effective. Slower price increases in food and non-alcoholic beverages and transportation continued continue reading : JOINT STATEMENT ON FULL-YEAR 2018 INFLATION FROM THE ECONOMIC TEAM (NEDA-DOF-DBM)