Tag: infogragphics
Philippine trade year-on-year performance (March 2020)
THE COUNTRY’S international trade performance fell significantly in March as the restrictions imposed to arrest the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak...
Headline inflation rates in the Philippines (April 2020)
INFLATION slowed to a five-month low in April, as the decline in transport and the deceleration in other nonfood commodities offset the faster price...
Manufacturing purchasing managers’ index of select ASEAN economies, April (2020)
FACTORY ACTIVITY slumped to a record low in April, as the extended lockdown continued to prevent manufacturers from operating at normal capacity. Read the...
Impact of COVID-19 on key Philippine economic sectors
THE Philippine economy may lose between P276.3 billion and P2.5 trillion, depending on how the coronavirus pandemic develops in the next few months, according...
Analysts’ March inflation rate estimates (2020)
INFLATION likely eased further in March as the plunge in oil prices was seen to offset a slight uptick in food prices due to...
Manufacturing purchasing managers’ index of select ASEAN economies, March (2020)
FACTORY ACTIVITY slumped to a record low in March, snapping a 43-month growth streak, as the Luzon-wide lockdown due to the coronavirus disease 2019...
NEDA’S projected impact of COVID-19 on the Philippine economy
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,...
S&P downgrades growth forecasts amid pandemic
PHILIPPINE economic growth may slow to 4.3% if the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread and the Luzon-wide lockdown extends into the second...
PSEi hits lowest level year to date, wipes out P1.16 trillion...
THE Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) plunged by a record 13.34% on Thursday, erasing P1.16 trillion in market value. Read the full story.
COVID-19 case count: Philippines (as of March 16)
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday ordered the lockdown of the entire Luzon island to contain a rapid novel coronavirus outbreak, suspending work and...
PSEi’s 9.71% decline marks its biggest one-day percentage drop since 2008
THE STOCK MARKET on Thursday plunged nearly 10% to its lowest since 2012 as investors headed for the exit amid deepening fears over the...
Where rule of law is strongest (or weakest)
PHILIPPINE rule of law has remained one of the weakest in East Asia and the Pacific, according to an annual survey of the World...
Philippine trade year-on-year performance (January 2020)
THE COUNTRY’S trade-in-goods deficit narrowed in January as merchandise export growth outpaced the increase in imports, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday....
How large is the extent of ‘trade misinvoicing’ in the Philippines...
THE Philippines was one of the largest sources of illicit trade-related flows in 2008 to 2017 among developing countries transacting with advanced economies, according...
National government fiscal performance (December 2019)
INFLATION may have quickened slightly in February due to higher food prices, which was likely offset by lower utility and oil prices amid the...
Offshore gaming operators dominate Philippine office space demand in 2019
THE CONTINUED global spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), coupled with the Chinese government’s crackdown on its citizens employed by Philippine Offshore Gaming...
How do the occupancy costs in Metro Manila’s premium office spaces...
OCCUPANCY cost for premium office locations in Manila are among the lowest across the globe, a recent report by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) found....
Overseas Filipinos’ cash remittances (December 2019)
MONEY sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) reached a record high in 2019 despite global uncertainties as higher inflows from other countries offset a decline in remittances from the Middle East.
Tourist arrivals up 15.24% in 2019, breach target
INTERNATIONAL tourist arrivals reached 8.26 million in 2019, exceeding its 8.2 million full-year target, the Department of Tourism (DoT) reported on Monday.
Philippine trade year-on-year performance (December 2019)
EXPORTS of Philippine goods grew at its fastest pace in more than two years in December, narrowing the country’s trade deficit to a six-month...
The Philippines still among the world’s top remittance recipients in 2019
THE PHILIPPINES was the fourth-largest destination for remittances by overseas workers in 2019, according to the World Bank’s Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and...
What’s at stake for the Philippine economy amid the coronavirus outbreak?
A CORONAVIRUS outbreak that has killed hundreds and sickened thousands more in China could dent growth in the next two quarters by an average...
Headline inflation rates in the Philippines (January 2020)
THE overall year-on-year increase in prices of widely used goods picked up for the third straight month in January by its fastest pace in eight months, the government reported on Wednesday.
Manufacturing purchasing managers’ index of select ASEAN economies, January (2020)
THE Philippines’ manufacturing sector is off to a good start this year as factory activity in January improved at its strongest rate in a...
