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THE PESO could slide back to the P58 level in the coming weeks on safe-haven demand for the dollar following the Trump administration’s move to ..

End-Feb debt stock up 1.96% on-month, up 9.57% on-yr The national government’s outstanding debt has reached P16.632 trillion as of end-February..

M3 money supply expands 6.3%   Lending by big Philippine banks posted double-digit growth of 12.2 percent to P13.026 trillion in February 2..

The Philippine agriculture sector accounts for about 10% of total GDP but employs some 22% of the Philippine labor force, already exposing the low pro..

Filipino voters have long been promised progress, yet election after election, the country remains trapped in the same cycle of poverty, corruption an..

The Philippine APEC Study Center Network (PASCN) of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), in collaboration with the Xavier Universi..

SUBSIDIES provided to state-run firms rose to P4.39 billion in January, the Bureau of the Treasury said, after zero subsidies were issued to governmen..

Debt payments by the national government fell 32.97 percent in January from a year earlier as amortization dropped during the period, data released by..

Embracing innovation while preserving cultural identity is essential for the survival and growth of cultural micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSM..

MANILA, Philippines — The country posted its smallest trade deficit in almost four years in February as exports picked up while imports declined..

MANILA, Philippines — The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) has proposed to slap seasonal tariffs on rice to protect local farmers and manage the..

Illegal and unregulated fishing continues to undermine marine biodiversity and deepen social and economic disparities in Philippine coastal communitie..

Inflation slowed further to 2.04 percent in March from 2.10 percent February, based on the mean average of estimates made by economists and a senior r..

Child wasting, a form of malnutrition indicating acute undernutrition, has significantly decreased in the Philippines, according to a recent study by ..

CHILD wasting — a severe form of malnutrition marked by low weight-for-height — has significantly declined in the Philippines, a research ..