“Ang inflation ay "hindi dahil sa anumang mga lokal na kadahilanan; ito ay talagang dahil sa halaga ng palitan ng peso sa dolyar.”
What Vera Files found
Sa isang email sa VERA Files Fact Check, sinabi ni Sonny Africa, executive director ng IBON Foundation, na habang ang pagtaas ng pandaigdigang presyo ng pagkain at ang pagbaba ng piso, na dulot ng pagtaas ng interes sa United States, ay talagang mga kagyat na kadahilanan ng inflation, ang gobyerno ay may “direktang kontrol sa mga kadahilanan tulad ng excise at value added tax na ipinapataw nito sa mga kalakal at serbisyong ginamit o, tulad ng gasolina, na ginagamit upang makagawa ng iba pang ...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Trixie Cruz-Angeles made this claim around 27 September 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 4 October 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “Nakaliligaw”.
Trixie Cruz-Angeles has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/uF_Mlbqb69Q?t=392
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