Philippines ends 2024 with 5.6% economic growth, missing gov’t target
By
Jean Mangaluz
| January 30, 2025 - 11:53am
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration had aimed for a GDP growth target of 6% to 6.5% in 2024. However, for...
Headlines
Q3 GDP growth kept at 5.2% – PSA
By
Louella Desiderio
| January 29, 2025 - 12:00am
The Philippine Statistics Authority kept the country’s economic growth rate in the third quarter at 5.2 percent, but...
Business
The week ahead
January 27, 2025 - 9:16am
Today is the 27th day of the year. January is 87% done, Q1 is 30% complete, and we’re 7% of the way through 2025. Trump...
Stock Commentary
Philippines unlikely to hit yearly GDP target for the second time in a row
By
Jean Mangaluz
| January 24, 2025 - 2:58pm
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) admitted that there will be difficulty reaching its minimum growth...
Business
Typhoons likely derailed GDP targets, says finance chief
By
Jean Mangaluz
| January 20, 2025 - 1:12pm
The Philippines likely did not meet its target gross domestic product for 2024 due to the string of typhoons that hit the...
Business
Gas power in Asia and Pacific Light (Part 1 of 2)
By
Bienvenido Oplas Jr.
| November 28, 2024 - 12:00am
It’s the city of bright lights, fast and efficient trains underground, the regional headquarter of many big multinationals from the West and the host of one of Formula 1’s famous races held at night because...
Business
The week ahead
November 11, 2024 - 8:48am
So what does this week have in store?
Stock Commentary
Energy issues from the US elections, The Freeman Cebu forum
By
Bienvenido Oplas Jr.
| November 7, 2024 - 12:00am
Central Visayas is the third-largest or richest region in the Philippines after Metro Manila. In 2023, its regional domestic product was P1.58 trillion, following CALABARZON’s P3.44 trillion and Central Luzon’s...
Business
The week ahead
November 4, 2024 - 9:11am
Things are heating up! I’ll admit to being quite distracted by the US election and all of the fluctuations that concern...
Stock Commentary
S&P: Philippines among global growth drivers by 2035
By
Louella Desiderio
| October 18, 2024 - 12:00am
The Philippines is among the emerging economies that will be driving global growth over the next decade, according to S&P...
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