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Government spending P56-billion monthly in ‘Build, Build, Build’ –Dominguez

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Wednesday the economy is expected to grow 7 percent or faster over the medium term as the government...

There will be more large trade deficits

The most recent news from the Philippine Statistics Authority about this country’s merchandise trade balance was very discouraging. PSA reported that Philippine merchandise trade...

NEDA chief says cost of decent living P42,000/month

It will entail at least P42,000 a month for a family of five to live decently, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and National Economic and Development...

TRAIN rolls on, Duterte team insists

President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic team said Tuesday they expect oil prices to come down and urged Congress not to suspend the Tax Reform for...

Oil tax freeze looms

Malacañang on Tuesday assured the public that measures will be in place to protect consumers from the incessant increase in oil prices, including the...

Fitch unit hikes Philippine growth outlook

Business Monitor International, a unit of Fitch Group, on Thursday upgraded its 2018 growth forecast for the Philippines to 6.5 percent from the previous...

Palace: Economic growth inspiring amid price hikes

Malacañang on Thursday expressed confidence that, despite the rising inflation, the Philippine economy will continue to grow as shown by the latest report saying...

Economic growth spoiler

The Philippine economy met the expectations of several analysts after expanding 6.8 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018. The performance made the...

Exports sank 8% to $5.5-billion in March

Trade deficit widened to $2.6 billion in March, as exports sank for the third straight month this year and imports barely grew, data from...

Manufacturing grew by 13.6% in March

FACTORY output in March 2018 rose 13.6 percent from a 12.3-percent expansion a year ago, driven mainly by the robust growth in nine production...

Neda’s Pernia backs 6-month closure of Boracay

SOCIO-ECONOMIC Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia on Friday backed the six-month closure of Boracay island in Aklan, saying the efforts toward its development were in...

The best of the Duterte Cabinet

A widely used approach to the assessment of the caliber of a group of individuals, such as a Cabinet, is to say that it...

Neda committee endorses 3 infrastructure projects

The National Economic and Development Authority said Tuesday the Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee endorsed three high-impact infrastructure projects on flood control and traffic alleviation...

Jobless rate fell to 5.3% in January

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