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February 8, 2021WITH the economy still in recession and millions still looking for jobs, the recent spike in inflation in January sounded off alarm bells for what could be ...Read more -
January 29, 2021THE economy can no longer stay on lockdown, and prolonging the mobility restrictions would condemn even more Filipinos to poverty and hunger, according to the National Economic ...Read more -
November 23, 2020THE government’s projection that GDP growth will reach 6.5 to 7.5 percent next year can be achieved if it would pump more money into the economy, according ...Read more
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November 19, 2020Signs and Wonders By Diwa C. Guinigundo On July 16, we wrote about what many believed to be the three initial signs of business revival after several ...Read more
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November 11, 2020THE recovery of the Philippine economy may take longer than earlier anticipated as consumption spending remained subdued, local economists said following the release of third-quarter National Income ...Read more -
November 11, 2020MANILA, Philippines — Soured loans of Philippine banks continued to pick up for the ninth straight month, hitting the highest level in more than seven years due ...Read more -
November 10, 2020The country’s chief economist on Monday said resuming businesses up to full capacity would fast-track economic recovery before year’s end as availability of more jobs would also ...Read more
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November 10, 2020State statisticians on Monday lowered the official second quarter gross domestic product (GDP) contraction to -16.9 percent from the earlier -16.5 percent. “Major contributors to the revision ...Read more
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November 10, 2020President Rodrigo Duterte will most likely place the entire Bicol region, Mimaropa, and Calabarzon under a state of calamity due to the damage caused by super typhoon ...Read more
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November 10, 2020MOTORCYCLE taxi operators are set to resume their operations in Metro Manila, Cebu and Cagayan de Oro once minimum health and safety protocols that will guide the ...Read more
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November 9, 2020MANILA – Banks need to further increase their lending activities and fiscal measures should be expanded to help boost economic recovery, a former central bank official said. ...Read more -
August 28, 2020HISTORIAN and economist Benito Legarda, Jr., a man widely known as the authority on the Second World War and the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines and former ...Read more
