Top business opportunities in Asia Pacific
BUSINESS OPTIMISM has hit a two-year high in Asia Pacific, reflecting a buoyant mood across the region that is largely driven by positive prospects...
Overseas Filipinos’ cash remittances
CASH remittances recovered in October to a two-month high, the central bank reported on Friday, as overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) took advantage of a...
Total approved foreign investments
FOREIGN direct investment (FDI) commitments rose in the third quarter, partially recovering from four straight quarters of decline. Read the full story.
Growth outlook of select Asian economies
THE ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) has again raised its economic growth outlook for the Philippines this year and in 2018 over accelerating infrastructure spending...
Labor force survey (Philippines, October 2017)
THE RANKS of jobless Filipinos grew in October, but job quality saw the biggest improvement in more than a decade, according to latest labor...
Philippine trade year-on-year performance
FOREIGN SALES of Philippine goods grew for the 11th straight month last October, but the double-digit increase in merchandise imports drove the monthly trade...
GDP, inflation outlook of select Asia-Pacific economies
INFLATION could overshoot the central bank’s target range in 2018 on the back of higher taxes and rising global crude prices, which could prompt...
Performance outlook in select Asia-Pacific economies
THE UNITED NATIONS’ (UN) regional development arm has lowered its Philippine economic expansion forecasts for 2017 and 2018, even as the country will still...
Headline inflation rates in the Philippines, all items
LOWER food prices caused inflation to ease in November after four straight months of picking up, the government said yesterday. Read the full story.