SLOWER increases in transport costs helped bring inflation down to 6.4 percent in June from 6.8 percent a month earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday. Consumer price growth eased for a second straight month after hitting an over three-year high of 7.2 percent in April. It was also within the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) estimate of 6.0-7.0 percent for the month but lower than the 6.5-percent median in a Manila Times poll of economists. Core inflation, which excludes select food and energy items, rose to 4.4 percent from 4.1 percent in May. It was also higher than the 1.4 percent seen in June 2025. “The main reason for the lower inflation rate in June compared with May 2026 was the slower increase in transport prices, which posted an inflation rate of 12.8 percent,” National Statistician Claire Dennis Mapa said during a briefing. “Transport accounted for 61.1 percent of the decline in the country’s overall inflation rate,” he added.   https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/07/08/business/top-business/inflation-slows-to-64/2380256 (ICE SINGAPORE)

Fonte notizia: The Manila Times, 8 July 2026