INAASAHAN ng tataas ang inflation at posibleng ma-breach ang target ng gobyerno para sa buwan ng Hulyo dahil sa mas mataas na electricity rates at food prices bukod sa iba pa.
Ang projection ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) sa inflation kung saan ang measure ng rate ng pagtaas sa presyo ng ‘goods at services’ ay mase-settle sa loob ng range ng 4.0% hanggang 4.8%, kung ikukumpara sa 3.7% noong Hunyo at 4.7% noong Hulyo ng nakaraang taon.
Sinasabing ito ang pinakamataas sa loob ng 8 buwan mula sa 3.9% noong Disyembre ng nakaraang taon.
“Should it clock in at 4.8%, it would be the highest in nine months since the 4.1% in November last year,” ayon BSP.
“Higher electricity rates along with the increased prices for agricultural commodities like vegetables, meat, and fruits along with higher domestic oil prices are the primary sources of upward price pressures for the month,” ang nakasaad sa kalatas ng BSP.
“These factors are expected to be offset in part by lower rice and fruit prices along with the peso appreciation,” dagdag na wika nito.
Sa ulat, itinaas ng Manila Electric Company (Meralco) ang rates ng P2.1495 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) noong nakaraang buwan, dahilan para ang overall rate para sa typical household ay P11.6012 per kWh, na kung ito-translate sa pagtaas ay aabot sa P430 para sa residential customers na nagko-consume 200 kWh.
“Prices of rice in Metro Manila, meanwhile, ranged from P45.00 to P61.00 per kilogram for local commercial rice and from P47.00 to P65.00 per kilogram for imported commercial rice as of July 30,” base sa data ng Department of Agriculture’s (DA) monitoring.
Ang presyo ng local commercial rice ay mula sa P45.00 hanggang P65.00 kada kilogram para sa local commercial rice, at mula P49.00 hanggang P65.00 kada kilogram para naman sa imported commercial rice noong Hulyo 1, 2024.
Samantala nagsara naman ang Philippine peso sa P58.645:$1 nito lamang Hulyo 30, “stronger than the finish of P58.65:$1 on July 1, 2024,” ayon sa BSP.
“Going forward, the BSP will continue to monitor developments affecting the outlook for inflation and growth in line with its data-dependent approach to monetary policy formulation,” ang sinabi ng BSP. Kris Jose
