Satellite tech eyed to help fight inflation

Aug 23, 2023 12:40 am

THE National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is looking to add the use of satellite and drone technology to the government's inflation-fighting efforts.

'Currently, we utilize PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority) data to inform our inflation policy but in order to enhance our inflation analysis, we need to augment our data sources,' NEDA Assistant Director Rory Jay Dacumos said in a statement.

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