How accessible are financial services?
THE PHILIPPINES made the biggest stride in terms of financial inclusion by adopting “enabling” rules for digital financial services, international think tank Brookings Institution...
National government proposed budget for 2017
THE FIRST spending program of the Duterte administration that took office on June 30 has entered the legislative mill, reflecting increased focus on social...
Involuntary hunger area breakdown
MORE FILIPINOS experienced involuntary hunger at least once last quarter compared to the preceding three months, according to results of a survey the Social...
Merchandise export and factory output performance
THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY last quarter likely got a boost from manufacturing, even as exports contracted for a 15th straight month at the close of...
Families considering themselves mahirap
FEWER Filipino families consider themselves as mahirap or poor, according to a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey which also showed a record low...
Global consumer confidence survey
FILIPINOS have become the most optimistic consumers in the world, beating those of other countries for the first time in a survey conducted during...