economy

Pax Silica and the Luzon Economic Corridor: The capability test

Pax Silica and the Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC) have attracted both excitement and suspicion. Supporters…

The Philippines’ middle-income milestone: Progress, peril and politics

For the Philippines, entry into the World Bank’s upper-middle-income club is both a vindication and…

Anemic GDP seen to temper rate hikes

The weaker second-quarter growth could prompt the central bank to slow the pace of rate…

PH international reserves neared two-year low of $103.4B in July

The Philippines’ foreign reserves fell to their lowest level in nearly two years in July,…

Postpandemic low: Q2 GDP grew by just 2.3%

The Philippine economy continued its anemic pace of growth in the second quarter as the…

BSP seen to keep hawkish stance

July’s slower inflation is unlikely to persuade the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to pause its…

June jobless rate rose to 4.9% on influx of fresh grads

The country’s unemployment rate edged higher for a second straight month in June as the…

Inflation eased further to 6.2% in July

The country’s inflation rate extended its downtrend in July, easing to 6.2 percent from 6.4…

BSP: ‘Hot money’ inflow shrank 27% to $170M in June

Foreign investors remained buyers of Philippine government securities in June but sold local stocks at…

Nebraska keen on boosting exports to PH

Nebraska is looking to export ethanol and agricultural products to the Philippines, banking on the…