The capital city of Manila had a cost of living index score of **** in 2024, lower than the previous year. In the Asia Pacific region, Seoul in South Korea had the highest cost of living among other megacities as of 2024.

Inflation Rate in Philippines remained unchanged at 1.70 percent in October. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Philippines Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

In 2024, the Philippines’ consumer price inflation rate amounted to 3.21 percent compared to the previous year. The Philippines are considered “newly industrialized”, but the economy relies on remittances from nationals overseas, and the services sector generates most of its GDP. Emerging and soon to develop?After switching from agriculture to services and manufacturing, the Philippines are now an emerging economy, i.e. the country has some characteristics of a developed nation but is not quite there yet. In order to transition into a developed nation, the Philippines must meet certain requirements, like being able to sustain their economic development, being very open to foreign investors, or maintaining a very high stability of the institutional framework (like law enforcement and the government). Only if these changes are irreversible can they be classified as a developed nation. The Philippines’ switch to servicesEver since the switch to services and manufacturing, employment in these areas has increased and the country is now among those with the highest employment in the tourism industry worldwide. This transition was not entirely voluntary but also due to decreasing government support, the liberalization of trade, and reform programs. Still, agriculture is important for the country: As of 2017, more than a quarter of Filipinos are still working in the agricultural sector, and urbanization has only increased very slightly over the last decade.

Consumer Price Index CPI in Philippines increased to 128.60 points in October from 128.50 points in September of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Philippines Consumer Price Index (CPI) - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Pandemic emerges resulting in the Philippines having the longest lockdown, people's lifestyles in the country shifted with the introduction of work from home for the working class and online classes for students. With the new setup introduced, people got a new perspective with the new choice of setup that can benefit both the organizations and themselves. Thus, the creation of survey and data that aims to find pattern from the respondents experience and generate new insights.

Metadata - Gender - Gender of the respondent - Age - Age of the respondent - Location - Regional location of the respondent - Bef.Monthly Expenses - Monthly expenses of the respondent before pandemic lockdown (before March 2020) in Php. - Occupation - Type of work of the respondent - Private (Private Employee) - Government (Government Employee) - Student - Transportation - Transportation used by the respondent when going to his/her workplace and going back to his/her home. Answers can be multiple. - Bike - Trycicle - Jeep - Bus - MRT/LRT - Personal Car - P2P - Company Shuttle - None (Walk) - Transpo Expenses - - Travel Time (in minutes) - Internet access - Reliable internet access of the respondent (around 10 Mbps above). - Gadget to use in work - Reliable gadget of the respondent that can be used for work/ school (such as laptop/ personal computer). - Preferred Setup - Preferred setup of the respondent. - Going Out Frequency - Weekly frequency of the respondent when he/she goes out. - Dur.Monthly Expenses - Monthly expenses of the respondent during pandemic lockdown (around September to November 2021) in Php.

Sample Questions: - What are the the spending aspects of the participant on how it changes with the introduction of a new setup? - What is the average difference of monthly expenses of before and after lockdown? - What feature contribute/ correlate the most on the difference of monthly expenses?

Coal fell to 108.35 USD/T on December 1, 2025, down 1.86% from the previous day. Over the past month, Coal's price has fallen 1.14%, and is down 20.33% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Coal - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.

Inflation rates in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ranged from **** percent inflation in Myanmar to ***** percent inflation in Brunei Darussalam in 2024. Only a few countries are in the two to six percent range that many economists view as optimal for emerging economies. Effects of high inflation High inflation is generally detrimental to the economy. Prices tend to rise faster than wages, meaning that people and firms have less purchasing power. This in turn leads to slower growth in the gross domestic product (GDP). It also leads to a weaker currency. For countries with a positive trade balance this can be beneficial, because exports are relatively cheaper to foreign buyers. Through the same mechanism, net importers suffer from a weaker currency. Additionally, inflation makes a country’s national debt less expensive if the debt is denominated in the local currency. However, most of this debt is in U.S. dollars, so inflation makes the debt more difficult to service and repay. Risks of deflation With deflation, consumers and firms delay investments because they expect prices to be lower in the future. This slows consumption and investment, two major components of GDP growth. The most common example of this is Japan, where the GDP growth rate has been low for a long time due, in large part, to deflation. For this reason, countries like Brunei would rather see low and stable inflation than slight deflation.