Gross domestic product quarterly performance
ECONOMIC EXPANSION last quarter beat market expectations, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday, affirming the country’s place among Asia’s fastest-growing major economies...
Philippine agriculture performance
GROWTH of farm production eased last quarter from the preceding three months and a year ago as crops’ and livestock’s slower annual expansion and...
Overseas Filipinos’ cash remittances
MONEY SENT HOME by Filipinos abroad dropped in September to a five-month low as Saudi Arabia sent more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) back home...
Real GDP performance of Southeast Asia, China and India
PHILIPPINE gross domestic product (GDP) growth should pick up slightly this semester from the first half’s 6.45% average on the back of strong domestic...
Analysts’ Q3 GDP growth estimates
ANALYSTS expect the country’s overall economic growth to have stayed above six percent last quarter on the back of strong domestic demand and recovering...
Comparative indicators of select ASEAN economies
THE PHILIPPINES’ stint as chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year is winding down: the bloc’s plenary today and the...
2017 APEC CEO Survey
THE PHILIPPINES is expected to be among Asia Pacific’s “biggest domestic investment winners” this year, according to an annual survey of multinational professional services...
Headline inflation rates in the Philippines, all items
INFLATION picked up further in October to its fastest pace in nearly three years, but is unlikely to prod the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas...
Analysts’ October inflation rate estimates
INFLATION could have picked up in October amid rising fuel, utility, and food prices to possibly hit a three-year high, according to a BusinessWorld poll of...