IMD World Talent Ranking 2018
THE PHILIPPINES’ ability to develop, attract and retain highly skilled professionals worsened in 2018 due to a persistent job-skills mismatch despite increasing investments in education, according to the annual survey of Switzerland-based business school International Institute for Management Development’s (IMD) research arm.
A glimpse of the beginnings of a growing empire
DAVAO CITY — Dennis A. Uy’s Udenna Group of Companies has pending proposals for two major infrastructure projects in Davao City: a P30-billion monorail that already has a stamp for Original Proponent Status from the Department of Transportation, and the development and management of the Davao International Airport under an unsolicited 30-year private-public partnership contract.
Overseas filipinos’ cash remittances (September 2018)
REMITTANCES logged a one-year low in September despite posting a modest increase, the central bank reported yesterday, which led to tempered consumer spending during the period.
OECD: ‘particularly good’ growth outlook for Philippines, Vietnam
THE Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has adjusted downward its economic growth forecast for the Philippines this year and in 2019, though the economy is still expected to sustain its “good performance” over the next five years.
Which Asia-Pacific economies are on the road to 5G?
WITH THE EXPECTED rollout of fifth-generation wireless (5G) networks as early as next year, senior executives in the Philippines surveyed by MIT Technology Review said they expect the technology to boost several industries in the country, led by financial services, manufacturing and retail sectors.
Analysts’ Policy Rate Expectations for Nov. 15
THE CENTRAL BANK could still raise interest rates on Thursday, according to half of analysts asked by BusinessWorld last week, although others expect monetary...
Gross domestic product quarterly performance (Q3 2018)
THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY grew at its slowest pace in three years last quarter, weighed down by tempered household spending amid high inflation and farm...
Philippine trade year-on-year performance (September 2018)
THE CONTINUING surge of merchandise imports and drop in products sold abroad pushed the country’s trade in goods deficit further towards the $4-billion mark in September, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Wednesday on the eve of its third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) report.