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Poll says most Filipinos worry about rising prices

STORY: Poll says most Filipinos worry about rising prices SHOOTING DATE: Jan. 8, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:49 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Manila 2. various of a gas station in Manila 3. various of a supermarket in Manila STORYLINE: Inflation is the most urgent concern of Filipino adults, according to a national survey released on Monday. Pulse Asia Research Inc. said in its poll conducted in December last year that 72 percent of the 1,200 respondents identify inflation as an urgent issue that needs to be immediately addressed by the government. Out of the 16 issues presented to the respondents, controlling inflation "is the only issue considered as urgent by most adults," the survey said. Increasing the pay of workers is the second most often-mentioned urgent national concern, followed by creating more jobs, reducing poverty, as well as fighting graft and corruption in government, the poll showed. Year-on-year inflation in the Philippines decel

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