Global competitiveness report 2016-2017 emerging and developing Asia

THE PHILIPPINES has fallen behind in the annual competitiveness ranking of the World Economic Forum, marking its first step back in a decade. Read...

Peso-dollar exchange rates

THE PESO yesterday sank to its weakest level against the dollar in more than seven years, dragged partly by political concerns at home, prompting...

Bank loans to real estate sector

BANKS handed out more loans to the real estate sector as of June from a year ago as credits for both housing and commercial...

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...