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MANILA - The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has highlighted the issuance of Executive Order (EO) No. 171 and the government's fuel subsidy program in helping ease the impact of global inflationary pressures. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Tuesday reported that headline inflation increased to 5.4 percent in May 2022 from 4.9 percent in the previous month. The inflation rate is within the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' (BSP) forecast range of 5.0 to 5.8 percent for the month. Year-to-date inflation settled at 4.1 percent, slightly above the BSP's target range of 2.0 to 4.0 percent for 2022. "The Russia-Ukraine conflict has disrupted the global supply chain and elevated commodity prices, particularly for fuel. We have seen how a single crisis can set us back, so the Duterte administration has pursued both short- and long-term interventions to increase the resilience of our domestic economy against external shocks," Socioeconomic Planni