Global consumer confidence survey
FILIPINOS have become the most optimistic consumers in the world, beating those of other countries for the first time in a survey conducted during...
Analysts’ July inflation estimates
INFLATION likely increased at a faster pace in July due to higher food and power costs, economists polled by BusinessWorld late last week said,...
Net personal optimism
THE RANKS of Filipinos expecting quality of life and the general economy to improve in the next 12 months grew to a record high...
National government fiscal performance
THE COUNTRY’s budget balance swung to a deficit last semester on a double-digit rise in expenditures that, in turn, is expected to have spurred...
Philippine imports’ annual performance
PHILIPPINE purchases of products from abroad grew at their fastest pace in six years last May, as the country ramped up spending on capital...
Key quotes from Duterte’s first State of the Nation Address
On July 25, 2016, President Rodrigo R. Duterte delivered his first State of the Nation Address during the opening of the 17th Congress at...
Expected fulfillment of President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s promises
MANY FILIPINOS expect President Rodrigo R. Duterte, who delivers his first State of the Nation Address this afternoon, to make good on at least...