THE national government’s (NG) outstanding debt grew at end-2019 due to increased borrowings but was still smaller relative to the economy, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) reported on Wednesday.

THE Philippine economy could contract by as much as 0.6% this year due to the widening fallout from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic,...

INFLATION eased for the first time this year in November to post the slowest rate in four months, helped by milder increases in food prices, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday.

THE PHILIPPINES is not expected to slip into a currency crisis anytime soon, Nomura economists said, citing little risk of such an event despite the recent weakness of the peso.

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THE PHILIPPINES placed fifth among the nine economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) covered by the Global Competitiveness Report 2018-2019, which measures a country’s standing using a set of criteria that determine level of productivity, and 56^th globally among 140 economies on the list. 

THE PHILIPPINES climbed a rung in the World Economic Forum’s annual competitiveness roster this year even as the country’s score slipped, allowing Vietnam and...

MOST BUSINESSES in the Philippines continued to feel the pain from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in July, even as the economy slowly reopened.

FARM OUTPUT barely grew last quarter as a drop in crops and fisheries offset increases in livestock and poultry, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...

VEHICLE SALES in 2018 dropped for the first time in seven years as the industry reeled amid imposition of higher automobile taxes starting January...