Is Manila entering stagflation? Higher rates meet weaker spending
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A weakening peso, rising costs and shrinking investment are squeezing households and firms Read more at The Business Times.
Directly affected
- No company is named in this report.
Indirectly affected
- EPHE iShares MSCI Philippines ETF
iShares MSCI Philippines ETF holds stocks listed in the Philippines, which this story is about (“manila”).
- EWW iShares MSCI Mexico ETF-2.1% 11d
iShares MSCI Mexico ETF holds stocks listed in Mexico, which this story is about (“peso”).
- CEW WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund
WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund holds emerging-market currencies, which move on news like this from the Philippines.
- EMB iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF-2.1% 11d
iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF holds emerging-market government bonds, which react to inflation and interest-rate news like this one in the Philippines
- EMLC VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF-2.9% 30d
VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF holds emerging-market bonds in local currencies, which move with rate and currency news like this from the Philippines.
- EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF-0.3% 30d
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF is a broad fund of emerging-market stocks that includes the Philippines
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
| Ticker | T-5 | T-3 | T-1 | T0 | T+1 | T+2 | T+3 |
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| EPHENo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EWWNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CEWNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EMBNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EMLCNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EEMNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.
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Who gains and who loses around Ishares Tr (EPHE)
Companies mentioned with this story
- EPHE Ishares Tr
For “Is Manila entering stagflation? Higher rates meet weaker spending,” Ishares Tr (EPHE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: iShares MSCI Philippines ETF holds stocks listed in the Philippines, which this story is about (“manila”)
- CEW Wisdomtree Tr
Wisdomtree Tr (CEW) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 2 Nov 2026 story “Is Manila entering stagflation? Higher rates meet weaker spending.” Reason on file: WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund holds emerging-market currencies, which move on news like this from the Philippines
- EMB Ishares Tr
In “Is Manila entering stagflation? Higher rates meet weaker spending,” Ishares Tr (EMB) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF holds emerging-market government bonds, which react to inflation and interest-rate news like this one in the Philippines
- EMLC Vaneck J. P. Morgan Em Local Currency Bond Etf
In “Is Manila entering stagflation? Higher rates meet weaker spending,” Vaneck J. P. Morgan Em Local Currency Bond Etf (EMLC) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF holds emerging-market bonds in local currencies, which move with rate and currency news like this from the Philippines
- EEM Ishares Tr
In “Is Manila entering stagflation? Higher rates meet weaker spending,” Ishares Tr (EEM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF is a broad fund of emerging-market stocks that includes the Philippines
Ishares Tr (EPHE)
“Is Manila entering stagflation? Higher rates meet weaker spending” (2 Nov 2026) reaches Ishares Tr (EPHE) through this story.
For Ishares Tr (EPHE), the reason on file says iShares MSCI Philippines ETF holds stocks listed in the Philippines, which this story is about (“manila”)
Wisdomtree Tr (CEW) is here too. Its reason reads: WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund holds emerging-market currencies, which move on news like this from the Philippines
Dates and price levels for Ishares Tr (EPHE)
EMB traded between 90.23 and 91.35 across 6 sessions. The latest close on file is 91.26.
What the saved facts support for Ishares Tr (EPHE)
40 out of 100
“Is Manila entering stagflation? Higher rates meet weaker spending” scores 40 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 5 linked companies.