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Academia 6 months ago

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Burden sharing: From emergency lifeline to fiscal dependence?

While the burden sharing scheme was an apt instrument during the COVID-19 pandemic, it now risks becoming a fiscal dominance policy, blurring the line between fiscal and monetary policy, accelerating depreciation, eroding market trust and undermining the central bank's independence.

Economy 6 months ago

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Inflation eases in August despite rising food prices

Expenditures in the food, beverage and tobacco category contributed most to monthly deflation in August, when the CPI eased to 108.51 from 108.60 in July.

Markets 7 months ago

Shares edge up in Asia, US inflation data looms large

Analysts expecting the impact of tariffs to help nudge the core up 0.3 percent to an annual pace of 3.0 percent and away from the Federal Reserve target of 2 percent.

Economy 7 months ago

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High rice prices, education costs push up inflation to 2.37 percent in July

The CPI grew 2.37 percent on an annual basis last month, primarily due to volatile foods component, which rose by a steep 3.82 percent, along with a monthly uptick of 0.82 percent in education costs to coincide with the start of the 2025-2026 school year.