TWO Philippine cities made world’s most-congested rankings, with Davao City’s roads deemed the country’s busiest in 2025. Read the full story.

THE PHILIPPINES’ balance of payments (BoP) deficit in 2025 settled below the central bank’s full-year forecast despite posting a wider deficit in December. Read...

The Philippines’ trade uncertainty, as measured by the monthly World Trade Uncertainty Index, worsened to 0.286 in December from 0.191 in November. This was...

The Philippines ranked 10th out of 11 countries in the third edition of the Asia Manufacturing Index (AMI) by professional services firm Dezan Shira...

The Philippines fell two places to 31st out of 244* countries in the 2025 release of the Conflict Index by the Armed Conflict Location...

MONEY SENT HOME by overseas Filipino workers (OFW) fell to its lowest level in six months in November, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)...

The Philippines remained at the 79th spot out of 116 countries in the 2025 update of the Global Tax Expenditures Transparency Index (GTETI), a...

The Philippine passport ranked 73rd globally, two ranks higher than a year earlier, in terms of visa-free privileges in global destinations, according to the...

NET INFLOWS of foreign direct investments (FDI) into the Philippines plunged nearly 40% year on year in October, as foreigners’ net investments in debt...

In December, inflation-adjusted wages were 20.3% to 26.3% lower than the current daily minimum wages across the regions in the country. Meanwhile, in peso terms, real wages were lower by around P83.25 to P149.15 from the current daily minimum wages set by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board.

The Philippines’ adjusted misery index slid to 15.8% in November, the lowest in three months when it logged 15.7% in August. This reflected easing...