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The Department of Finance (DOF) said the government may lower rice tariffs once Congress adjourns by the end of this month. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the economic team recommended a temporary decrease in the current 35 percent rice import tariff rates to address the rising prices of...

As the only country in the world with a constraining deposits secrecy law, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will request President Duterte to certify the proposed measures on Bank Secrecy Law as urgent, particularly the BSP’s version of the law as House Bill No. 8991. BSP Governor Benjamin...

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said they will give extra scrutiny in assessing any emerging long-term inflationary pressures due to the higher oil and some food prices when they deliberate policy settings this month.  “The Monetary Board will consider carefully...