THE general wholesale price index (GWPI) at the country level went up by 1.7 percent in August from 1.5 percent in July, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

In a report, PSA said the GWPI in August 2018 was still higher at 2.1 percent, and higher annual markups were observed in the indices of food at 3.2 percent and miscellaneous manufactured articles at 1.6 percent.