Foreign direct investments reach 5-month high of $850M in July

Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral - @inquirerdotnet 10/11/2024

Multinational firms’ lending to their Philippine subsidiaries drove foreign direct investments (FDIs) to a five-month high in July, reaching halfway through the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) 2024 projection. According to the BSP’s report, July saw a…

PH banks fail to meet MSME loan mandate anew

Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral - @inquirerdotnet 09/30/2024

Rural and cooperative banks continue to lead in providing loans to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), as the Philippine banking industry once again fell short of its lending quota for this key sector. According to the…

Peso slides to 58 to $1 for first time in almost 2 years

Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral 05/21/2024

MANILA — The Philippine peso touched the 58-per-dollar level for the first time in almost two years during the morning trade on Tuesday. As of 9:47 a.m., the local currency’s weakest showing stood at 58 against the…

PH December inflation eases to 3.9%

Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral 01/05/2024

MANILA  — In December, inflation decreased for the third consecutive month, despite the typical increase in demand during the holiday season. This was attributed to slower rises in utility expenses and the prices of certain essential food…

2024 worries for PH businesses, households

Ronnel Domingo 12/16/2023

MANILA – Businesses and households are less optimistic about their prospects in the first quarter of 2024 due to concerns about ongoing high inflation and worries about lower income, according to the latest survey by the Bangko…

Exchange mutilated banknotes, coins through BSP’s Piso Caravan

Mary Rose Sagarino 07/07/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Do you have mutilated banknotes and coins? Have them exchanged with crisp bills and new coins through the Piso Caravan of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Visayas Regional Office. The BSP is…

Cebu City Hall to employ cashless transactions for real property and business tax payments

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is set to implement cashless transactions for real property and business tax payments. In a statement on Thursday, August 11, 2022, Cebu City Vice Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia said…

Solon tells BSP gov to clarify validity of P1k polymer bills as uproar grows

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 07/11/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) was asked to clarify the rules and validity of the new polymer P1,000 bills after warnings were issued that it was not advisable to fold…

Do you have a polymer P1,000 bill? Don’t fold it and other dos and don’ts

Cristina Eloisa Baclig - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 07/11/2022

MANILA, Philippines—Is it time to kick the habit of folding banknotes? Recently, a netizen shared dismay online after a popular mall in the country allegedly refused to accept a folded 1,000-peso polymer banknote that she used for…

High inflation: Your P1 is now worth only 87 centavos

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 07/07/2022

MANILA, Philippines—While President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed disbelief at the June 2022 inflation rate announced by state statisticians, saying that “we’re not that high,” the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) declared that it “stands by its data.” The…

What’s the BSP doing?

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 06/28/2022

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has been criticized—wrongly, I think—for being “dovish,” “behind the curve,” or not acting fast enough in response to speeding inflation and exchange rate movements. It seems to me that economists (as…

‘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…

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