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TUCP to revise P320 wage hike

The Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines is planning to revise its P320 wage hike petition to reflect the 6.2-percent third-quarter inflation...

Q3 inflation rate rose to 6.2% – BSP

The inflation rate in the third quarter rose faster to 6.2 percent from 4.8 percent a quarter ago, driven mainly by rising food and...

New economic environment

The government now expects the economy to grow at a slower pace this year than what it originally estimated, in the wake of overseas...

Rice-driven inflation entails policy change, says Finance

The contribution of rice to the inflation rate grew 10 times this year, signaling a need for food policy reforms, the Department of Finance...

SM Prime set to invest P120 billion in the next two years

SM Prime Holdings Inc., the country’s leading real estate developer, plans to spend P120 billion over the next two years to fund expansion until...

Rising oil prices, inflation to cut 2019 growth to 6%

DBS Bank of Singapore said it expects a slower 6-percent gross domestic product growth for the Philippine in 2019 in case oil prices climb...

Major inflation driver

The National Food Authority clearly failed to live up to its mandate. For that, its chief should be held accountable for surging rice prices...

Market expected to trade sideways

Stocks are expected to move sideways with a downward bias this week after Typhoon Ompong hit Luzon and destructed farms that could push food...

Inflation is toxic to your economic health

There is no mystery about the cause of inflation. Like other commodities, the value of money is determined by supply and demand. When the...

Are we approaching a tipping point?

History is replete with tipping points, a term coined by journalist and author Malcolm Gladwell to refer to “the moment of critical mass, the...

Economic managers see inflation rate slowing down

THE Economic Development Cluster of the Duterte administration expects inflation rate to moderate in the coming months from a nine-year high of 6.4 percent...

Price spiral blamed on economic managers

Senator Joel Villanueva on Thursday blamed the country’s economic managers for the nine-year-high in the rate of inflation, saying this could compel the Senate...

August inflation likely reached 5.8%

Inflation rate likely accelerated to 5.8 percent in August from 5.7 percent in July on higher food prices and demand-side pressures, Australia and New...

August inflation rate hit 5.9% – Bangko Sentral

The BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas said the inflation rate in August likely accelerated further to 5.9 percent from 5.7 percent in July due mainly...
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