(Eagle News)–Inflation further eased to 2.5 percent in March 2020, amid the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis. The Philippine Statistics Authority said this was slower than the 2.6% recorded in February, and the 3.3% in March last year. The PSA said the slowdown  was primarily due to the drop in the transport index,  at an annual rate of 1.8 percent. Slower annual increments in the indices of alcoholic beverages and tobacco at 18.0 percent; and housing, […]