State economic managers should find time to consolidate the Marcos administration’s economic strategy and be cohesive about it, Senate Deputy Minority leader Risa Hontiveros said. Hontiveros noted that the current plans of the Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Budget and...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez set the tone for the start of the deliberations of the P6.352-trillion 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP) Monday, Aug. 5 by saying that the country's economic...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), the government’s main tax agency, fell short of its tax collection target for the first half of the year, data released by the Department of Finance (DOF) revealed. A report on the DOF’s official Facebook page showed that the BIR, responsible for generating...
Members of the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) are scheduled to convene next week to assess the country’s economic targets. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said that the inter-agency body responsible for setting the government’s macroeconomic assumptions will hold a...
The Marcos administration is looking to ramp up the sale of government assets this year, data from the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) revealed. Based on the DBCC's quarter fiscal program approved last May 23, the national government expects to generate P42.12 billion in proceeds...
The Marcos administration has raised its budget deficit ceilings for the next five years to provide the necessary financial leeway to support the government's projects and programs. Based on the latest revenue and spending outlook from the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC), the...
In response to global trade disruptions and geopolitical tensions, the Marcos administration has adjusted its economic growth targets, the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) announced. The DBCC, an inter-agency body responsible for setting the country's macroeconomic assumptions, has...
President Marcos is readying a national budget for 2025 that is expected to surpass the P6 trillion mark. The Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) announced on Thursday, April 4, that the executive department's proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2025 is set at P6.200...
The Marcos administration's efforts toward fiscal consolidation may proceed at a slower pace, as economic managers are considering revising down their growth forecasts for the medium term, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has indicated that the Marcos administration may need to adjust its economic growth targets due to the lower-than-expected expansion recorded last year. Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto emphasized the need for the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) to...
The Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) has maintained the government's economic growth target for the year and has marginally adjusted its forecast for next year. The DBCC, an inter-agency body tasked with determining the government’s macroeconomic assumptions, kept its gross...
The Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) reported that the third quarter posted an increase in disbursements by the Marcos administration due to the swift execution of government programs. The DBCC, an inter-agency body responsible for establishing the government's macroeconomic...
