Trade gap narrows on export growth, import drop
By Jochebed B. Gonzales
Researcher
FASTER merchandise export growth in July, coupled with a bigger decline in imports, narrowed the country鈥檚 trade balance to its smallest...
July sees more jobless Filipinos
By Christine J. S. Casta帽eda
Researcher
UNEMPLOYMENT worsened in July, even as the same month saw a marked reduction in the ranks of those wanting more...
Factory output slips for 1st time in 2 years
By Lourdes O. Pilar
Researcher
FACTORY OUTPUT contracted in July, snapping 24 straight months of growth, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday.
In its latest Monthly...
June鈥檚 FDI surge fails to lift 1st half flows
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez
Senior Reporter
NET foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to the Philippines nearly tripled in June as firms abroad reinvested earnings and...
Companies bullish on business and economy
TOP BUSINESSMEN remain confident about their companies鈥 prospects in a fast-growing economy, according to results of a survey conducted by Isla Lipana & Co./PwC...
Malaysian debt rater upgrades Philippines’ credit outlook
A MALAYSIAN debt watcher has upgraded the Philippines鈥 credit outlook to 鈥減ositive鈥 from 鈥渟table鈥 in the face of strong economic growth, rising foreign investment...
Central bank considering new tenors for term deposit facility
THE CENTRAL BANK is studying possible tweaks to its term deposit facility (TDF) auctions that may include new tenors, with the adjustments expected to...
Moody鈥檚: factory growth slowed in July
FACTORY OUTPUT likely kept growing in July, though at a milder pace, on the back of demand for capital goods and food products, Moody鈥檚...
Public infrastructure spending sustains double-digit pace of increase
GOVERNMENT disbursements on infrastructure and other capital outlays surged by a fourth as the third quarter began, marking the third straight month of double-digit...
Credit investors scour the world for niche opportunities
SAN FRANCISCO -- The hunt for yield in the credit markets has led large investors to companies in Indonesia, financing the Brazilian soybean trade...
Consumer confidence slips amid continuing crisis in Marawi
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez, Senior Reporter
FILIPINOS grew less optimistic in the third quarter amid increasing concern on the unresolved conflict in Marawi City,...
Gov鈥檛 to roll out repurchase market by end-2017
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez, Senior Reporter
THE government is looking to establish a repurchase market within the year, as part of plans to develop...