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...
Philippine agriculture performance
PROSPECTS for third-quarter economic growth -- scheduled to be reported tomorrow -- yesterday got a shot in the arm as the government reported a...
Overseas Filipinos’ cash remittances
MONEY SENT HOME by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) continued growth in September to post the highest level for the year, so far, though at...
Moody’s sovereign credit-worthiness outlook for 2017
A SHIFT to anti-immigrant policies in the United States could pose risks to the Philippines’ credit rating, as it could disrupt remittance flows that...
Analysts’ Q3 GDP growth estimates
ECONOMISTS expect the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth to have stayed robust last quarter, with household consumption, investment and government spending being more...
Foreign direct investments in the Philippines
NET foreign direct investments (FDIs) to the Philippines logged the highest in four months in August and pulled the year-to-date tally closer to the...
National government fiscal performance
ACCELERATED spending by the Duterte administration drove the fiscal balance back to deficit in September, according to Treasury data released yesterday that nevertheless clarified...