Total approved foreign direct investments in the Philippines
FOREIGN INTEREST in manufacturing, construction and business process outsourcing (BPO) fuelled a double-digit increase in investment pledges in the second quarter of the year....
Foreign direct investments in the Philippines
NET foreign direct investments (FDI) to the Philippines were nearly halved in June as investors waited on the sidelines for a change in the...
Philippine trade, factory output year-on-year performance
INCREASED infrastructure spending planned by the Duterte administration should support import growth this year despite July’s drop, analysts at Nomura Global Research said in...
Comparative wages in select Asian countries
BUSINESS LEADERS and a central bank official cautioned the Executive branch on its plan to replace the existing region-based minimum wage system with one...
2016 global economic crime survey
COMPANIES in the Philippines have among the lowest confidence in the ability of law enforcers to combat economic crime, placing fourth in a list...
Adult joblessness rate
THE RANKS of jobless Filipinos thinned marginally last quarter, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed, with one analyst saying this was due to...
Philippines’ gross international reserves
THE COUNTRY’S foreign currency and gold holdings hit a fresh record high in August, marking a third month of gains as the central bank...