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Inflation jumped to 8% according to the official November 2022 figures of government. That is painful news. More painful, though, is that the continuing rise of inflation is being driven strongly by

rising food prices. To think that food costs are the main expenses of the poor, food prices alone can magnify the suffering of the food poor sector.

In 2021, there were several months when I was consistently monitoring rice prices, and I mean ordinary rice, the cheapest edible types that remained fit for human consumption, because classmates, friends, and fellow anti-hunger advocates were extending feeding operations in poor communities. We managed to connect with rice wholesalers and fortunately bought at prices lower than most Filipinos were paying for.

Life can have statistical facets. I do not dispute that. But, as human beings more than just economists or statisticians, there must be some way to monitor and measure human difficulty to human suffering. We can be very flexible, even very resilient, but there are limits to stretching reality by economic statistics and claims. Experts in government and in the private sector must strive to match human experience and cold numbers.

 

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