Can domestic savings cover the country’s increasing investment needs?
The country’s savings rate — defined as gross domestic savings as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) — grew to 8.4% in 2025,...
Domestic trade in the regions: Which have (un)favorable trade balances in Q4 2025?
DOMESTIC TRADE in goods amounted to P562.76 billion in the last three months of 2025, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in its Commodity...
Philippines steadies in Military Strength Index
The Philippines remained in 41st place out of 145 countries in the 2026 edition of the Military Strength Ranking by Global Firepower with a...
How enabling is the Philippine environment for women’s economic opportunity?
THE PHILIPPINES improved in two of the three pillars in the World Bank’s Women, Business, and the Law (WBL) 2026 report, with scores surpassing...
Philippines’ Misery Index inches up in 2025
The Misery Index, first introduced in the 1960s by economist Arthur Okun, was a simple gauge of economic pain: inflation plus unemployment rates. Over...
Auto sales volume sinks 10.4% in January, steepest drop in 4 years
PHILIPPINE CAR SALES slumped in January amid a weaker demand for both passenger and commercial vehicles, according to an industry report. Read the full...
How does the Philippines’ sectoral debt as a share of GDP compare with other...
The Philippines’ total debt grew by 3.6% to $490.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, latest figures from the Institute of International Finance’s...
Philippines climbs to 31st in Global Economic Diversification Index
The Philippines climbed five places to 31st out of 117 countries with an average score of 108.45 in the 2026 edition of the Global...
January trade gap narrows to $4.05 billion
The country’s trade-in-goods deficit narrowed by 17.8% year on year in January as exports growth moderated while imports declined, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported...
Analysts’ February inflation rate estimates
PHILIPPINE INFLATION may have hit its fastest pace in over a year as price pressures from higher costs of electricity, oil and rice pushed...
Philippines’ Manufacturing PMI soars to 8-year high in February
PHILIPPINE FACTORY activity in February expanded at its fastest pace in eight years amid an increase in production and new orders as well as...
How fiscal effort has shifted over the years
THE NATIONAL Government’s (NG) budget deficit breached its 2025 ceiling after the main tax agencies missed their collection targets and state spending slowed amid...