US President Donald J. Trump's protectionist policies remain the top risk to Philippine economic prospects this year, according to the think tank Capital Economics. "A key uncertainty over the coming year is whether and to what extent Donald Trump follows through with his threats to impose tariffs...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas dropped 0.9 percent from 3.6 percent in January to 2.7 percent in February. A BUSY wet market in Iloilo City. Inflation or the rise in the price of goods and services over time dropped in Western Visayas last February. (Tara Yap) “The...
Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook) Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas campaign manager Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco says the Marcos...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said the slower inflation in February is a clear affirmation that the agency’s strategy to stabilize the supply and prices of agricultural products is working as intended. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Numbers don't lie. This was House Speaker Martin Romualdez's upbeat reaction to the continued drop in inflation rate, which slowed from 2.9 percent in January to 2.1 percent in February this year....
Consumer price hikes dropped sharply to 2.1 percent in February, marking the lowest rate in five months, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Data from the PSA on Wednesday, March 5, revealed headline inflation slowed significantly from the 2.9 percent rate in January. It...
The anticipated further reduction in interest rates will support this year's robust Philippine economic expansion, according to the think tank Capital Economics. "We expect growth to remain relatively strong in 2025, helped by policy loosening from the central bank," Capital Economics senior...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez said Saturday, Feb. 22, that lowering the cost of essential goods and ensuring economic stability were the Marcos administration’s top and urgent priority. Stressing that every Filipino family is directly affected if the prices of basic needs are high,...
With rice prices on the decline, domestic inflation would ease further this year, according to the think tank Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). In a Feb. 5 report, EIU regional director for Asia Alex Holmes projected headline inflation in the Philippines to average 2.5 percent this year, lower...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas went up in January, the Philippine Statistics Authority-6 said. Nida Amolar, PSA-6 officer-in-charge and chief statistical specialist, said the inflation rate was up 0.2 percent to 3.6 percent in January from 3.4 percent in December....
While President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s allies are likely to retain control of Congress after the midterm polls, a worsening conflict with Vice President Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio and her impeachment, alongside the economic struggles of ordinary Filipinos, may challenge the administration's hold on...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the decline in the inflation rate of rice in January is attributed to government interventions to stabilize prices, particularly the tariff cut on the staple food last year. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), rice posted a year-on-year...
