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By Aurea Calica (The Philippine Star) | Updated September 29, 2015 - 12:00am


MANILA, Philippines - Inflation and workers’ pay are the top concerns of the Filipinos, according to the latest Pulse Asia survey.

Reacting to the survey, Malacañang said inflation was at its lowest this year.

Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. of the Presidential Communications Operation Office said the government was exerting maximum effort to preserve the purchasing power of the peso.

As of August, inflation rate was at 1.7 percent.

Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said that since 2010, inflation on a yearly average has been going down (3.8 percent in 2010, 4.6 percent in 2011, 3.2 percent in 2012, three percent in 2013 and 4.1 percent in 2014).

Valte said unemployment and underemployment rates were also on a downtrend.

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Based on the survey, 47 percent of Filipinos were most concerned with the country’s inflation while 46 percent were concerned with workers’ pay.

Corruption in government (39 percent), employment (36 percent) and poverty (35 percent) are among the second cluster of national issues deemed urgent by Filipinos.

The third cluster of urgent national issues includes peace (21 percent), crimes (20 percent), rule of law (16 percent) and environmental destruction (15 percent).

The survey showed that Filipinos are least concerned about rapid population growth (nine percent), national territorial integrity (seven percent), Charter change (four percent) and terrorism (four percent).

The survey was conducted from May 30 to June 5.

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