The government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has kept economic management at the centre of its agenda, with prices, employment, and infrastructure spending among its stated priorities. The coming months put that focus to the test.
Managing the cost of living remains politically sensitive. Food and energy prices weigh heavily on Filipino households, and keeping them in check is a recurring challenge for any administration.
Infrastructure has been a signature theme, continuing a build-out that successive governments have pursued. Delivering projects on time and on budget is where such ambitions are ultimately judged.
The broader question is whether growth translates into gains ordinary Filipinos can feel. That, more than headline figures, tends to shape how an administration’s economic record is received.
