DESPITE the decline in rice prices, the Philippines still faces a double whammy of high food and oil prices that could lead to faster inflation this year, according to the Philippine Statistics ...

SEVEN institutions including business groups have laid out proposals for the government to ensure the budget process would not result, in the future, in “adverse” long-term effects that impact the ...

AFTER  the Philippine economy’s lackluster performance last year, economic managers are now considering revising the targets they set for 2025 during its first meeting in March. “Maybe we’ll need to ...

THE Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is preparing the rebasing of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the country’s National Income Accounts (NIA) this year. On Wednesday, National Statistician ...

President and chief executive officer Edwin M. Mercado is eyeing to cut down the out-of-pocket (OOP) expenses of its members to less than 30 percent by “healing” the “illnesses” of the state health ...

THE “low and steady” inflation recorded in January 2024 gives the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) room to reduce key policy rates to boost household spending and economic growth, according to ...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday formally adjourned its session ahead of the May 2025 elections, declaring that the chamber had fought for the Filipino people, stood against corruption, and ...

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it is optimistic on negotiating a “next-generation” trade agreement with the US that will not only expand market access but also ensure higher standards ...

Milton Friedman, a Nobel laureate economist and advocate for free-market principles, once remarked that many people mistakenly believe the solution to societal problems lies in electing the right ...

Liquidity is like the grease that keeps the market’s gears from seizing up. Without it, you are staring at an economic engine that is about as useful as a broken parachute. Liquidity is not just some ...

JAPAN has provided the Bangsamoro Region’s Sama Bajaus a grant that will enhance the facilitation of birth registration of unregistered children. Under “The Project for Promoting Digital Birth ...

NEW ZEALAND, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) have officially launched the “Indigenous Women and Girls-Leadership and ...