economy

Jitters in US blunts BSP’s good news

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) jumbo cut on the cash requirements of banks failed…

T-bill rates mostly up as rate pause still on investors’ mind

Yields on short-dated government debt securities were mostly up for the third straight week, as…

BIZ BUZZ: New ADB chief ready for global turbulence

Masato Kanda, who officially became the 11th president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday,…

PH banking system deposits breach P20T

Total deposits in the Philippine banking system crossed the P20-trillion mark in 2024 on the…

RRR cut to give BSP space to defer next easing

The fresh cut to the cash requirements of banks next month could give the Bangko…

Tatak Pinoy: The road to industrial transformation

About a year ago, on Feb. 26, 2024, a historic piece of legislation was signed…

PSEi nears 6,100 mark on bargain hunting

The local bourse ended just below the 6,100 level on Friday as traders hunted for…

Bank reserves ratio going down by 200 bp  

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Friday announced another supersized cut to the reserve…

Grooming the Philippines as a professional services hub

With the global professional service market projected to have grown nearly 10 percent in 2023,…

PH dollar deficit hit $4.1B in Jan, widest in 11 years

The Philippines opened 2025 with a dollar deficit that was almost as big as the…