date:Dec 14, 2022
In a recent interview, economist and Brain Trust Inc. chairperson Cielito F. Habito stated that the prices of vegetables -such as white onions- are significantly lower in other places in the Asean than those recorded in the Philippines. Based on data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), prices of white onions soared 137.19 percent followed by red creole onion, with prices increasing by 47.15 percent and native onion prices growing 39.43 percent.
In the Philippines, inflation is high.