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Poverty incidence at three-year low

Poverty incidence among Filipinos declined by 6.6 percentage points to 21 percent in the first half of 2018 from the adjusted 27.6 percent during...

Reenacted budget

A reenacted budget will not bode well for the economy and the entire nation. Economic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia has already warned that the failure...

Trade deficit widens to a record $41 billion

The country’s trade deficit widened by 51 percent in 2018 to a record $41.4 billion from $27.38 billion in 2017, as imports outpaced exports,...

Economy cools

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Economy slides to three-year low

The economy grew by 6.2 percent in 2018, its slowest rate of growth in three years, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported Thursday. The 2018 growth...

Economic Planning Secretary optimistic on 2019

The government’s economic chief is optimistic about the performance of the economy in 2019, following the successes and setbacks in 2018. “Overall, 2018 is not...

Planning for climate change

"Poor countries suffer more." It is only the 27th and there are already 14 reported firecracker victims. At this rate, firecracker casualties will increase compared to...

Arroyo, Diokno downplay ouster plot

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Economic team against GMA

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HSBC sees trade deficit widening to $3.95 billion in October

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. said the Philippines’ trade deficit likely widened in October, as elevated imports continued to outpace exports growth. HSBC in a...

Jobless rate rises to 5.1% of labor force

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Factory production growth softened to 3.9% in October

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Can we be poverty-free at all?

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Neda, PRA approve reclamation protocol

The National Economic and Development Authority and the Philippine Reclamation Authority signed a joint memorandum circular putting more teeth into the regulation of reclamation...
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