THE latest Pulse Asia survey shows the top three priority concerns that Filipino adults want President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to discuss in his upcoming state of the nation address: rising prices, workers’ wages and peace and order. A similar survey in June 2024 had basically the same result.
Marcos did take up the issue of rising prices in his 2024 SONA, declaring at the outset that economic data showing the country among the best performing in Asia means nothing to Filipinos who are confronted with high prices, particularly that of rice at P45 to P65 per kilogram.
Will the president endorse a legislated wage bill, which is opposed by his economic managers, saying it could have dangerous repercussions, including higher inflation, unemployment and slower economic growth? Indeed, any wage adjustment, legislated or not, causes prices of commodities to soar even before workers could receive the raise, and the government does not have enough price monitors to check against abuses.
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