More than a third of Filipinos want the national government to focus on lowering food prices as inflation accelerated to a three-year high in September, according to a new Pulse Asia survey commissioned by the Stratbase Group.
The survey, released on Friday and covering 2,400 respondents nationwide from Sept. 17 to 23, showed that 35% of Filipinos said the Philippine government should prioritize making food, particularly rice, meat and fish, more affordable. The figure was five percentage points higher than the 30% recorded in July but remained below the 41% recorded in March.
The latest finding was also consistent with the survey’s other results, which showed that 71% of Filipinos wanted the Marcos administration to control inflation, which accelerated to its fastest pace in more than three years, reaching 7.2% in September.
Apart from lowering food prices, about 26% urged the government to create more jobs and livelihood opportunities, while 24% wanted corruption eradicated to improve the delivery of public services. Meanwhile, 15% called for more accessible education and health-care services.
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