BusinessWorld E-paper

November 5, 2026
PHILIPPINE INFLATION could hit a fresh high for the year in November as persistent and emerging price pressures threaten to drive up consumer prices, economists said.
“S&P Global Market Intelligence expects headline inflation could peak in November 2026, but depending largely on developments in the Middle East and the effects of El Niño,” S&P Global Market Intelligence Principal Economist Harumi Taguchi told BusinessWorld in an e-mail.

