Merchandise trade growth forecast for select Asia-Pacific economies
THE PHILIPPINES and much of Asia Pacific can be expected to see some recovery in merchandise exports next year, according to a United Nations...
National government fiscal performance
THE GOVERNMENT’s budget balance remained in deficit in October but plunged from a year ago due to a drop in spending and a recovery...
Net personal optimism
FILIPINOS’ optimism over quality of life and the economy in the year ahead stayed “very high” in President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s first quarter in...
Top five agriculture imports
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has ordered the revocation of all import permits for agricultural products issued by the agency as an anti-smuggling measure....
Philippine gross domestic product performance
THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY last quarter expanded at its quickest pace in three years, allowing the country to remain the fastest-growing among Asia’s emerging markets....
Net satisfaction with national administration
THE NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION under President Rodrigo R. Duterte bagged a “very good” net satisfaction rating from the public in his first three months in...
Outlook on select Asian currency exchange rates vs US$
POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY could keep prospective foreign investments to the Philippines on the fence and prolong the peso’s weakness, banking giant HSBC said in a...