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Marcos says economy is 'most important area' in first Cabinet meeting

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday presided over his first Cabinet meeting, where economic managers are expected to give a briefing about the Philippines&#x27; economic outlook and situation.</p><p>&quot;The most important area that we will have to deal with will have to be the economy,&quot; Marcos told his Cabinet.</p><p>Marcos will start his administration faced with a <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/06/29/22/what-will-marcos-inherit-from-duterte">looming food crisis</a> and rising fuel prices, even as the economy is showing signs of recovery from the impact of the pandemic.</p><p><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/05/22/inflation-rises-again-hits-61-percent-in-june">Inflation </a>further quickened in June to 6.1 percent as food prices, transport costs continued to rise.</p><p>The live stream of the Cabinet meeting was halted after the first 5 minutes, before the economic team could begin its briefing.</p><p>Marcos - who also heads the Department of Agriculture - earlier said that ensuring access to sufficient and affordable food in the next 2 quarters would be given &quot;preferential treatment&quot; under his administration.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/04/22/marcos-jr-orders-da-officials-to-ensure-ph-food-supply">&#x27;Sufficient, affordable food&#x27;: Food supply, demand tackled in Marcos&#x27; first DA meeting</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2033078" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div> </div>

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Marcos says economy is 'most important area' in first Cabinet meeting

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Jul 05, 2022 11:13 AM PHT

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Updated Jul 05, 2022 12:14 PM PHT

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