Impact of 2019 coronavirus outbreak on tourism and the economy (Part 1)

Fernando Fajardo 02/05/2020

  Up to last year or before the advent of the coronavirus, travel and tourism was seen as one of the most important and fastest growing economic activity in the world. It may not be anymore this…

GDP growth slows to 6.1 percent in 3rd quarter

Fernando Fajardo 11/08/2018

Government spending more than before, however, may also lead to much larger government deficits and to higher inflation rate. As reported yesterday by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 6.1…

The interaction of inflation, interest rates, and GDP

Fernando Fajardo 10/18/2018

An excise tax not only raises the price of the product directly and make the poor to suffer more; it also lowers output and create more joblessness among the poor. The government is lowering its real GDP…

Train brought down 2nd quarter GDP growth

Fernando Fajardo 08/09/2018

The Philippine economy grew by 6.0 percent in the second quarter of 2018. This is down from the 6.6 percent growth rate recorded in the same period last year and the much higher 6.9 percent growth rate…

Central Visayas GDP is 69 percent from Cebu

Fernando Fajardo 07/19/2018

There were errors in my article last week. This is the corrected version of the article which I overhauled as a whole in view of its importance in helping us gauge the real size of the economy…

Cebu GDP and economic structure

Fernando Fajardo 07/12/2018

The gross domestic product or GDP measures the total value of all the final output of goods and services produced in the country at current prices or at constant base year prices. Final product means that intermediate…

Neda sees about 7% GDP growth for 2017

Inquirer.net 09/21/2017

THE country’s chief economist has anticipated a full-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth hitting the middle of the government’s 6.5–7.5 percent target. “If we hit close to the midrange we’ll be happy with that, higher or lower…

Philippine GDP slowed to 6.4 %

Inquirer.net 05/18/2017

FIRST QUARTER Amid recovery in the agriculture sector, robust trade and manufacturing growth as well as sustained strong domestic demand, the Philippine economy expanded 6.4 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, the government reported Thursday. The figure,…

Cebu’s business heads laud PH’s economic performance

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/26/2017

Slow Q4 growth of 6.6% posted last year, but 2016’s 6.8% GDP growth fastest in 3 years Business leaders in Cebu welcome the country’s strong economic performance in the last quarter of the 2016, with economy growing…

Cebu business heads expect GDP growth in 4th quarter of 2016

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/24/2017

BUSINESS leaders in Cebu anticipated a good performance from the Philippine economy in the last quarter of 2016, ahead of the release of fourth-quarter domestic economic data this week. Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) president…

Infra spending hike to grow logistics sector by 300%

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/24/2016

Increased spending on infrastructure, which is the thrust of the Duterte administration especially on improved transport facilities, is expected to grow the Philippine logistics industry by at least 300 percent in the next four years. Jonathan Cabaltera,…

PH posts 7.1% GDP GROWTH: Duterte gov’t lauded; early economic momentum cited

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/17/2016

Business leaders in Cebu lauded the present administration for the 7.1-percent growth of the Philippine economy during the first three months of President Rodrigo Duterte in office. However, some said this could also be owed to the…

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