Vehicle sales drop in March
NEW VEHICLE SALES declined by 10.4% in March as soaring pump prices dented demand for passenger cars and commercial vehicles, according to a joint...
Philippines: balance of payments (BoP) position
THE Philippines鈥 balance of payments (BoP) deficit widened in March, driven by the elevated trade gap and heightened geopolitical uncertainty, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas...
Philippines retains 鈥榩artly free鈥 status in global freedom report
The Philippines maintained its 鈥減artly free鈥 status with an overall score of 58 out of 100 in the 2026 edition of the annual Freedom...
Philippines鈥 renewable energy share rises in 2025
The Philippines鈥 renewable energy (RE) share to electricity capacity grew to 31.2% in 2025, a tad higher than the 30.1% share in 2024, according...
Misery index inches down in February
The Philippines鈥 adjusted misery index fell to 18.7% in February from 20.3% in January. This is the lowest reading in two months or since...
Cash remittances reach $2.79 billion in February
MONEY SENT HOME by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) fell to its lowest level in nine months in February, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)...
Philippines lands at 17th in global opportunity ranking
The Philippines ranked 17th out of 188* countries and territories in the 2026 edition of the CS Global Partners鈥 Opportunity Index. By measuring a...
Philippines falls in FDI Con铿乨ence Index
THE PHILIPPINES dropped two spots to 18th out of 25 emerging markets in the 2026 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index by global management...
Philippines inches up in global state and governance ranking
The Philippines rose one spot to 58th out of 137 countries in the Status Index and also climbed a notch to 82nd in the...
Foreign direct investments fall to 4-month low in January
NET INFLOWS of foreign direct investments (FDI) slumped to a four-month low in January as geopolitical risks dampened investor sentiment, the Bangko Sentral ng...
How minimum wages compared across regions in March
Inflation-adjusted wages were 22.4% to 27.9% lower than the current daily minimum wages across regions in the Philippines in March. Meanwhile, in peso terms, real wages were lower by around P101.28 to P155.82 from the current daily minimum wages set by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board.
Philippines worsens to 62nd in global democracy ranking
THE PHILIPPINES fell sharply in a global democracy ranking, signaling deeper institutional strain even as democratic conditions elsewhere show signs of leveling off, according...