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National Statistician Dennis Mapa earlier said the slowing of inflation in March was

mainly due to slower price increases  in the food and non-alcoholic beverages group of
commodities as well as in transportation and housing, utilities and fuel.                             
The core inflation, however, which excludes items that are considered volatile like food
and energy, rose again to 8% in March from 7.8% in February.

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Unti-unti nang umiigi ang inflation rate sa bansa sa pagbaba nito sa


7.6% para sa buwan ng Marso mula sa 8.6% noong Pebrero. Patuloy
lamang ang mga inisyatibo ng pamahalaan para sa pagbangon ng
ating ekonomiya at nang kalidad ng buhay ng bawat pamilyang
Pilipino.
David has previously observed an increase in the COVID-19 positivity rate in
the National Capital Region (NCR) and 14 other provinces.
READ: COVID-19 positivity rate up in Metro Manila, 14 provinces — OCTA
“7.1 [percent] nationwide positivity. 64 cases in NCR,” he said in a Twitter post
on Wednesday night.
According to David, there is projected to be 400 to 500 new cases on Maundy
Thursday.
The Department of Health (DOH) had reported 176 new cases of COVID-19
nationwide on Wednesday, bringing up the country’s total recorded cases to
4,082,580.

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