The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is considering two more cuts to key borrowing costs, driven by easing inflation and an economic slowdown attributed to consumer and business uncertainty. Two cuts are “possible,” BSP Governor Eli M. Remolona Jr. told reporters on the sidelines of the 32nd BSP...
As part of its strategy to broaden its footprint, Antonio-led developer Century Properties Group Inc. is venturing to Mindanao for the first time, with the foray to be led by its housing unit PHirst Park Homes Inc. During the firm’s annual stockholders’ meeting, CPG President and Chief...
Economy, Planning, and Development Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan has expressed confidence that the Philippine economy can accelerate to a growth rate of 5.5 percent to 6.5 percent after downscaling from the more ambitious growth target previously. Despite concerns of slower household consumption,...
Within the first half of 2025, the Century Properties Group’s first-home brand PHirst launched three new horizontal communities across Luzon, each one designed to offer Filipino families fully finished homes in masterplanned neighborhoods. The year opened with PHirst Centrale Batulao in Nasugbu,...
A dovish Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may be constrained by skyrocketing global oil prices, which would further weaken the peso and could force a pause from further interest rate cuts, foreign banks said. In a June 23 report, MUFG Global Markets Research said that if world oil prices rise...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli M. Remolona Jr. warned that rising global oil prices and the peso’s depreciation streak could push inflation above five percent, a level last seen nearly two years ago. “We do scenario analysis today [Friday] in which we focus on particular risks....
While the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) sees no need just yet to defend the Philippine peso amid global oil price risks, the plunging local currency may push monetary authorities into more cautious policy easing moving forward, economists said. Japanese financial giant MUFG Bank Ltd. said that...
Ayala Corp., the country’s oldest conglomerate, has successfully raised ₱20 billion from the issuance of preferred class “B” shares, which it listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Thursday, June 19. The Zobel-led firm said in a statement that the offering attracted substantial...
The peso dropped to the ₱57 level against the United States (US) dollar on Thursday morning, June 19, ahead of the expected Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) interest rate cut later in the day. According to the Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP), the local currency opened at ₱57.1,...
More than ₱50 billion in additional government revenues is expected following the approval of a 10-year extension of the concession agreements of major water service providers by the Economy and Development (ED) Council on Wednesday, June 18. The ED Council, chaired by President Ferdinand Marcos...
Prior to moving to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), former Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla said that the country’s energy situation has somehow improved under his wing, even as other problems have yet to find their solutions. During his final press briefing as...
While the Philippines’ exit from the European Union’s (EU) high-risk jurisdictions list is expected to ease the country’s access to the EU financial system, debt watcher Moody’s still urged continued vigilance in sectors such as online gaming and cryptocurrency to ensure it does not return...
