Indeed Wolf, keeping gold in the matress would be a good option. If there were any gold to be had. The Philippine banking interest is a mere laughable pittance by your standards.
Elspode, your translation is definitely what I thought the government meant. In the Philippine government, only the politicians seem to be getting unexplainably wealthy all the time while the whole economic system is on the brink of a major collapse. We have a president who is supposed to be an economist but doesn't seem to know what it is she is doing right now.
Maybe I should tell my aunt to sit tight and hope for the best. May the financial gods take pity and smile upon the Philippines even a little bit.
