Shoppers inspect produce being sold as part of Megaworld Lifestyle Malls’ ‘Harvest to Goodness’ weekend farmers’ market at Uptown Bonifacio mall in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, on Sept. 4, 2020. The government announced on Friday that headline inflation eased to 2.4 percent in August on the back of lower prices of food and non-alcoholic drinks. (Photo by Enrique Agcaoili)
The country’s headline inflation slowed to a five-month low of 2.4 percent in August on the back of lower prices of food and non-alcoholic drinks, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced on Friday.