We still have our cyclical ups and downs, but the average rate has been 3.0 per cent since the beginning of 2001. Even with the recent surge in consumer prices taking the inflation rate to a bit over 4 per cent, things are not like they were in the 1970s.
Aside from the holding of this annual contest, the DepEd and the BSP have worked together in the development, publication and use of very important teaching guides on financial literacy, which is used by different grade levels across the country.