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...
World economic league ranking of select Asian economies
THE PHILIPPINES can be expected to close in on the top 10% of the world’s major economies in the next 15 years, partly as improved infrastructure spurs overall economic growth, according to a London-based consultancy.
Which countries are home to companies involved in Philippine road and railway development?
IMPROVED BILATERAL relations between the Philippines and China will boost the construction industry, according to the Fitch Group’s research arm, as it raised its...
The Global Gender Gap Index 2018
THE PHILIPPINES edged up in the world’s top 10 and took the helm in East Asia and the Pacific in an annual report that...
Overseas Filipinos’ cash remittances (October 2018)
MONEY sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) grew by its fastest clip in six months in October, according to data the Bangko Sentral...