The economy’s slump in 2020 is not unexpected. With COVID-19 restricting travel and the movement of people, and forcing the closure of many business...
The economy shrank a record 9.5 percent last year, official data showed Thursday, after coronavirus measures devastated the retail and tourism sectors while a...
"A contraction in the economy simply means more jobs are being lost in the pandemic."
The economy’s dismal performance in 2020 was a forgone conclusion....
The management of risks presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and other headwinds will be the key to economic recovery in 2021, acting Economic Planning...
"It is clear as day that some people are prepared to simply bend the rules."
Dear Mr. President,
Early this month, you expressed your utmost disappointment...
A Kuala Lumpur-based economist said the Philippines remains an economic powerhouse in Southeast Asia amid the challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Juwai IQI chief...
"Perhaps the Philippine Statistics Authority can shed some light on this matter."
President Rodrigo Duterte ordered acting National Economic Development Authority Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua to...
Finance Undersecretary Karl Kendrick Chua backed the proposal of Sen. Emmanuel Pacquaio to increase the excise tax on alcohol products, saying it will raise...
Finance Undersecretary Karl Kendrick Chua on Wednesday braced for a P32.3- billion additional revenues in 2019 from an increased excise tax on alcoholic products that...
