Vehicle sales in the Philippines (2018)
VEHICLE SALES in 2018 dropped for the first time in seven years as the industry reeled amid imposition of higher automobile taxes starting January...
Philippine trade year-on-year performance (November 2018)
SOFTENING MERCHANDISE TRADE in November put an end to the country’s five straight months of export growth and pulled import growth down to single-digit level, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday.
ASEAN Manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index, December
FACTORY ACTIVITY in the Philippines improved in December at the slowest pace in three months on milder output and order growth, though overall input...
Analysts’ December inflation rate estimates (2018)
INFLATION likely eased further in December as fuel and food costs continued to ease, analysts said in a BusinessWorld poll, even as some flagged that a spike in demand during Christmas may have buoyed prices.
National government fiscal performance (November 2018)
THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT’s fiscal deficit grew more than fourfold in November as expenditure growth continued to outpace revenue increase, driving the year-to-date gap closer...