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📊 Economy today

The peso against major currencies and world oil prices, updated daily — with our latest stories on pump prices, inflation and the economy.

Updated Oct 8, 2026, 1:32 AM

The peso today

$1 = ₱62.81

▲ ₱0.07 vs previous day · 2026-10-07

US dollar in pesos, last 120 days

🛢️ World crude oil

Brent (international benchmark)

$125.44 per barrel

▼ $0.07

WTI (US benchmark)

$96.24 per barrel

▲ $0.11

EIA · 2026-10-06

Brent, US$ per barrel

Brent crude in pesos per liter: ₱49.56
Our calculation from Brent and the dollar rate: crude only, before refining, shipping, taxes and margins.

Currency

Rates for where most OFWs work: Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Canada, Australia, the UK and Europe.

CurrencyPesosvs previous day
USD₱62.81▲ ₱0.07
EUR₱70.22▼ ₱0.50
GBP₱82.92▼ ₱0.35
100 JPY₱39.70▲ ₱0.01
SGD₱49.04▼ ₱0.07
HKD₱8.00▲ ₱0.01
AUD₱43.67▼ ₱0.13
CAD₱44.07▲ ₱0.04
1000 KRW₱46.92▲ ₱0.05
CNY₱9.37▲ ₱0.01
CHF₱75.41▼ ₱0.11
NZD₱35.14▼ ₱0.11

⛽ Pump prices in the Philippines

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Sources: exchange rates — European Central Bank reference rates via Frankfurter (the BSP reference rate may differ slightly); crude oil — U.S. Energy Information Administration daily spot prices (public domain, updated weekly).