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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 -
August 6, 2020THE worst recession in the country’s history could cause more people to lose their jobs and swell the ranks of the poor, local economists said on Thursday ...Read more -
July 8, 2020LOCAL economists said the recent increase in inflation is not yet a clear indication that domestic demand has indeed recovered or is recovering from the lockdowns imposed ...Read more -
May 6, 2020THE prices of local goods and commodities will grow slower than earlier expected for the year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said after the Philippine Statistics ...Read more -
May 5, 2020AN economist-lawmaker on Monday revealed that the country loses around P18 billion for each day of lockdown, especially amid coronavirus fears that would hinder an effective reopening ...Read more -
May 5, 2020Businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan said more investments in the country’s telecommunications infrastructure to cope with the so-called “New Normal,” as companies roll out strategies that will shield ...Read more -
May 4, 2020PROPOSED spending measures laid out in the stimulus bill currently in Congress will increase the budget deficit as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to about ...Read more -
January 15, 2020THE Asset magazine cited Bank of the Philippines Islands (BPI) Lead Economist Emilio Neri Jr., as the Philippines’ Best Local Currency Bond Individual in Research for 2019. ...Read more -
November 29, 2019Conclusion Last week, the link between the economy and ecology was explored as premise to answering the question of how the Philippines must rethink its development strategies. ...Read more -
November 22, 2019Part One Recent policy discourse in the Philippines is revolving around what seems to be buzzwords: industry 4.0 and climate resiliency. The common denominator between this unlikely ...Read more -
November 7, 2019GOVERNMENT agencies are proposing programs to address job losses caused by the possible contraction of the manufacturing sector due to increased automation, officials said at an economic ...Read more -
November 2, 2019Poverty and hunger, even though related, have had different historical trends in the Philippines. Since 1983, there have been 124 SWS national surveys of Self-Rated Poverty (SRP) ...Read more
