For GoldmanSachs, BBM about continuity, Leni means big shift

Ronnel Domingo 04/30/2022

Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (BBM)’s plans for the country’s economic future appears to be a continuation of Duterte policies in general and pointing to more expenses and minimal debt management, according to GoldmanSachs. In contrast,…

PH debt hits new high of P11.92T

Ben O. de Vera 10/30/2021

Additional domestic and foreign borrowings plus a weaker peso further hiked the national government’s outstanding debt to a new high of P11.92 trillion in September. The latest Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) data on Friday showed end-September…

‘Inaction is action’ may be BSP’s monetary policy for 2021, says economist

Daxim L. Lucas - Reporter / @daxinq 02/08/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The central bank will likely keep its key interest rate unchanged when its Monetary Board convenes on Thursday with the regulator finding itself lodged between the opposing demands of fighting rising inflation and restarting the…

Debt-to-GDP ratio jumped to 14-year high in 2020

Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/04/2021

Repayments and a stronger peso slightly tempered debt accumulation in December last year, but the record recession coupled with a jump in borrowings to fight COVID-19 jacked up the share of unpaid obligations to the Philippine economy…

Go digital, boost PH economy amid pandemic, MSMEs urged

Christia Marie Ramos 01/31/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday urged more businesses to go digital in order to remain competitive under the new normal and to boost the country’s economy amid the Covid-19 pandemic. “We want to see…

Filipino consumers, businessmen more confident about 2021 prospects — BSP survey

Daxim L. Lucas - Reporter / @daxinq 12/11/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Confidence returned to Filipino consumers when polled about their expectations for the first quarter of 2021, after expressing negative sentiment about for the current quarter in the latest survey conducted by the central bank.…

Inflation quickens to 3.3 percent in November

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 12/04/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s headline inflation jumped to 3.3 percent in November, higher than the previous 2.5 percent in October, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Friday. The PSA said in its report that this is…

Dollars flood into PH economy on gov’t’s foreign loans, drop in import spending

Daxim L. Lucas - Reporter / @daxinq 10/27/2020

MANILA – Philippines – The dollar flow surplus of the Philippine economy — which has been building up every month since the start of the pandemic — surged significantly in September, as the inflow of foreign exchange…

PH GDP seen shrinking by over 7% in 2020

Ben O. de Vera - Reporter / @bendeveraINQ 09/24/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to fall at its worst rate in at least 36 years, no thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic’s debilitating impact on the domestic as well as global economies.…

Strong peso foreshadows bad economic news, says ING economist

Daxim L. Lucas - Reporter / @daxinq 09/21/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The strong peso may be a portent of bad economic news because it is being caused primarily by a steep drop in imports that were needed for the Philippines to maintain its growth trajectory, according…

Price hikes likely to remain muted as Aug. inflation comes in below BSP’s forecast

Daxim L. Lucas - Reporter / @daxinq 09/04/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Price pressures on basic goods and services will likely remain muted over the near term, according to the central bank, as it welcomed the lower-than-expected August inflation rate which came in below the monetary…

PH gets another $300-M loan from ADB

Ben O. de Vera 08/22/2020

Another loan worth $300 million has been extended by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to the Philippines, its host-country, this time to make financial services more accessible to Filipinos. In a statement on Friday, the ADB said…

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