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More Filipinos worry about inflation, says Pulse Asia

The survey also showed that 48 per cent of Filipino adults ranked inflation control as their number one concern, while 17 per cent and nine per cent ranked it as second and third, respectively.

Gabriel Pabico Lalu

Gabriel Pabico Lalu

Philippine Daily Inquirer

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After inflation control, adult Filipinos said they are concerned about increasing workers’ pay (49 per cent) and additional job creation (27 per cent). PHOTO: PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

October 3, 2023

MANILA – The number of adult Filipinos anxious about rising prices of goods and services is growing as controlling inflation remains their top concern.

This was the result of Pulse Asia’s latest national survey on “Urgent National Concerns” released Tuesday, indicating that 74 percent worry about inflation which is 11 percentage points higher than the 63 percent recorded in a similar polling conducted last June.

The September 10-14, 2023, survey also showed that 48 percent of Filipino adults ranked inflation control as their number one concern while 17 percent and nine percent ranked it as second and third, respectively.

After inflation control, adult Filipinos said they are concerned about increasing workers’ pay (49 percent) and additional job creation (27 percent).

They were likewise concerned about:

  • reducing the poverty of many Filipinos (25 percent)
  • fighting graft and corruption in government (22 percent)
  • fighting crimes (18 percent)
  • addressing the problem of involuntary hunger (14 percent)
  • providing assistance to farmers including selling produce (13 percent)
  • enforcing the law on all, whether ordinary or influential people (11 percent)
  • providing support to small entrepreneurs to restore their businesses (nine percent)

    • The Pulse Asia survey involved 1,200 respondents nationwide and had a ± 2.8 percent margin of error at the 95% confidence level and a ± 5.7% margin of error for each locale.

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