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Current account deficit widens to $5.1 billion in Q2

By Keisha Ta-Asan | September 14, 2024 - 12:00am

The country’s current account deficit widened by 25 percent to $5.1 billion in the second quarter from $4.1 billion...

Business

We are suffering from democacry deficit

By Rose Fres Fausto | May 11, 2022 - 12:00am

In the finance world, we always talk about deficit to mean that the positive is less than the negative.

Lifestyle Features

Palace releases conflicting data on SSS deficit

January 15, 2016 - 9:00am

Malacañang has released conflicting data on the supposed yearly deficit the Social Security System (SSS) would incur if President Aquino did not veto the P2,000 across-the-board pension hike proposed in ...

Headlines

BSP sees higher BOP surplus in 2016

By Lawrence Agcaoili | December 18, 2015 - 9:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is looking at a higher balance of payments (BOP) surplus in 2016 on the back of increased...

Business

BOP swings to deficit in August

By Lawrence Agcaoili | September 18, 2015 - 10:00am

The country’s balance of payments (BOP) position reverted to a deficit in August due to the volatility in the financial...

Business

Budget swings to P32.2-B deficit in July

September 7, 2015 - 10:00am

The Aquino administration’s budget balance swung to a deficit in the first seven months of the year after government...

Business

Gov't spending accelerates to fastest pace in July

By Prinz Magtulis | September 6, 2015 - 10:04pm

Picking up from the previous month, government spending accelerated by its fastest this year, swinging the national government's...

Business

Japan trade deficit widens as export growth slows

By Elaine Kurtenbach | August 18, 2015 - 9:15pm

Japan's trade deficit widened to its largest level in five months in July, as exports slowed thanks to faltering demand in...

Business

Tigresses outlast Lady Chiefs in five-set thriller

By Joey Villar | August 16, 2015 - 4:00am

Santo Tomas outlasted NCAA champion Arellano U in the fifth and deciding set to eke out a thrilling 25-21, 25-22, 19-25, 24-26, 15-12 victory, Sunday.

Sports

BOP surplus hits 2-year high in Feb

By Kathleen A. Martin | March 21, 2015 - 12:00am

The country’s balance of payments position continued to surge to an almost two-year high in February, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported yesterday.

Business