Home > Business MULTIMEDIA PH inflation seen easing by 3rd quarter of 2023 Rolex Dela Pena, EPA-EFE Posted at Mar 20 2023 05:45 PM Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Viber A customer pays for an order of chicken at a market in Quezon City on Monday. Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno conveyed optimism that inflation would ease to 4 percent by the third quarter of the year during a forum with journalists on Monday. The country's inflation rate was 8.7 percent in January and 8.6 percent in February. Read More: Philippine inflation Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno 4 percent