MANILA -- Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called the country's surging food prices an "emergency situation," saying he favored importing more to stem inflation.
Inflation
Marcos calls Philippine food inflation an 'emergency situation'
President signals need for more imports to stem price rises
“I lose sleep every night over how to bring down inflation,” Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said in a TV interview on Jan. 23. (Nikkei montage/Yuichi Shiga/Kosaku Mimura/AFP/Jiji)
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