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April inflation likely breached 5%

Higher food and fuel prices likely pushed Philippine inflation past 5 percent in April 2026, keeping price growth above the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’...

BSP expected to cut rates as January inflation hit 2%

The manageable 2 percent inflation in January 2026 may prompt the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to cut interest rates by another 25 basis...

Economists call for sweeping overhaul of Constitution

A group of economists is calling for a major overhaul of the 1987 Constitution. Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) president Calixto Chikiamco said on the...

Economists pilloried for getting forecasts wrong

Paris, France—Economists are taking flak after missing the mark on inflation, failing to anticipate disruptions in global supply chains and forecasting a recession that...

Economists see Q1 inflation rate settling at 3.2%

Economists from First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC) and University of Asia & the Pacific (UA&P) said Tuesday they expect inflation to average 3.2 percent...

Economists call for reduction in rice import tariff to 10%

A group of economists and businessmen called on the government to lift or reduce import tariffs for rice from 35 percent to 10 percent...

11th-hour debt deal saves US from default

US senators voted to suspend the federal debt limit Thursday (Friday, Manila time), capping weeks of fraught negotiations to eliminate the threat of a...

Economists become more bullish on Q3 performance

Private economists see a brighter outlook for the economy based on the latest data showing improved performance in manufacturing, employment, exports and imports. Economists of...

Private economists become pessimistic on PH prospect

Most private sector economists are becoming generally pessimistic about the economy amid the lingering global health crisis, the Department of Finance said Friday. The department...

Job creation needed to jumpstart recovery

Economists on Thursday pushed for job creation, higher infrastructure spending and increased exports to help the economy rebound faster from the impact of the...

Economists, market gurus to hold confab

The Global Filipino Investors Inc. is bringing together powerhouse economists and stock market gurus in one virtual conference to teach Filipinos how to invest...

COVID-19: Scientists and economists vs. politicians

"Here are three scenarios with regard to reopening economies."   There is increasingly fierce debate in the coronavirus pandemic’s biggest victims—the US and the other leading...

Experts can’t predict

“The evidence of the folly of forecasting is overwhelming.”     As the sixth-century BC poet and philosopher Lao Tzu observed, “Those who have knowledge don’t predict....

What economists can learn

The Swedish committee that awards the Nobel Prize in economics is famously slow and conservative: It has honored behavioral economist Richard Thaler because decades...
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