How do US, China, Japan, Australia fare in public trust?
HE may have won an overwhelming mandate in May, but President Rodrigo R. Duterte will be swimming upstream when he leaves for China today...
Overseas Filipinos’ cash remittances
CASH REMITTANCES grew at their fastest pace in over two years last August, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said yesterday, rebounding from the...
Residential real estate price index
THE SECOND QUARTER’s double-digit pickup in housing prices should not raise concerns over a prospective asset bubble in the Philippines, a senior central bank...
Philippines’ total metallic mineral production
PRODUCTION by metal mines in the country fell by more than a 10th annually last semester as a drop in nickel ore output offset...
Families considering themselves mahirap
THE PERCENTAGE of Filipinos considering themselves poor hit a fresh record low last quarter, according to results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey...
Awareness, trust ratings of President Rodrigo R. Duterte
NEITHER his harsh rhetoric nor a mounting body count in the government’s war on narcotics has eroded the public’s trust in President Rodrigo R....
Foreign direct investments in the Philippines
NET foreign direct investments (FDIs) recovered to a three-month high in July just as President Rodrigo R. Duterte formally occupied Malacañang, according to data...
President Duterte’s China-Russia Pivot: does it make economic sense to ditch the US?
WASHINGTON -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte will seek billions of dollars in infrastructure investments from China in the coming months as the country seeks...
Satisfaction with government’s campaign against illegal drugs
THE DUTERTE ADMINISTRATION’s decisive war on drugs -- a policy cornerstone that has drawn international censure -- has overwhelming support from the public that...
Net Public satisfaction with President Rodrigo R. Duterte
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte ended his first three months in office with a net satisfaction rating -- the first for the current chief executive...
Headline inflation rates in the Philippines, all items
CONSUMER PRICES last month rose at their steepest in one-and-a-half years, taking the year-to-date pace close to the central bank’s full-year forecast even as...