Price Hikes Test Once-Unshakable Popularity of Philippine President

As Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte heads into a third year in office, a spike in consumer prices is testing the popularity of the tough-talking leader, who is best known for his deadly anti-drug campaign. Inflation in the Southeast Asian archipelago rose 6.4 percent in August because of fuel prices, excise taxes and perceptions of a rice shortage, economists and domestic media say. Philippine inflation last month topped the rest of Southeast Asia. August inflation set a nine-year...

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