The Monetary Board (MB) has announced a second reduction in policy rates by 25 basis points for 2024 while noting that it will “maintain a measured approach in its easing cycle.” In a statement, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said the MB decided to reduce the Target Reverse Repurchase (RRP)...
By DERCO ROSAL As another Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) interest rate cut looms, economists and bankers are citing various factors entailing easy monetary policy, including slowing inflation and economic growth. Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) lead economist Emilio S. Neri Jr. also expects...
Ikano Retail, the parent company of IKEA Philippines, reported a modest decline in revenues due to rising consumers prices. Christian Roejkjaer, Ikano Retail chief executive officer, said the company closed its financial year ending Aug. 31 in the Philippines with a turnover of EUR141 million...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas dropped to 3.3 percent in September, the Philippine Statistics Authority-6 said on Thursday, October 10. A VEGETABLE vendor in Iloilo City. The inflation rate in Western Visayas dropped in September to 3.3 percent. (Tara Yap) Nida Amolar, PSA-6...
DoubleDragon Corporation is looking to raise as much as P30 billion over the next two years through the issuance of retail bonds as part of its plan to boost its financial position and cash reserves. In a regulatory filing on Wednesday, Oct. 9, DoubleDragon said that the bonds will be issued in...
Filipinos do not need to worry about rising extra rice prices, as they are projected to fall due to better global supply, allowing the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to speed up the lowering of borrowing costs in the coming months, according to British banking giant HSBC. Aris Dacanay, chief...
With more women joining the workforce and jobs on the rise, the government is anticipating a merry Christmas. Filipinos may enjoy a brighter holiday season as the latest labor survey showed improvements in the job market, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said in a statement. “A...
By DERCO ROSAL UK-based banking giant HSBC announced that the battle to control surging inflation in the country has been won. “We think the BSP's [Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas] inflation battle is finally over,” the bank stated, following the sharp decline in inflation in September. HSBC...
Downward Philippine inflation in the near term would be slightly offset by the new law imposing 12-percent value added tax (VAT) on digital services, Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) said. In an Oct. 4 report, UOB senior economist Julia Goh and economist Loke Siew Ting noted that there is...
The drop in Philippine inflation reflects weaker demand as consumers' pockets hurt by high prices and interest rates dry up, according to Deutsche Bank Research. Citing the over four-year low headline rate, Deutsche Bank's economist for the Philippines Junjie Huang said in an Oct. 4 report that "if...
The Marcos Administration vowed to sustain inflation deceleration measures to keep the prices of goods stable ahead of the holiday season, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said. People shopping at Maypajo Market in Caloocan City. (Arnold Quizol) This came after the Philippine...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez says President Marcos' intervention programs on the country’s inflation problem are bearing fruit. ...
