Cost of living: How onions became a luxury in the Philippines

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The staple ingredient has become a symbol of the country’s rising cost of living. …

“Back in August, the Department of Agriculture had forecast a potential shortage of the root crop. A few months later, the Philippines was hit by two powerful storms that caused substantial crop damage,” says Nicholas Mapa, a senior economist at ING Bank.

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