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[Title] => Temporary challenge: Fuel price shock may spur structural shifts - Expert
[Summary] => A surge in global fuel prices is set to drive up transport costs and stoke inflation risks in the Philippines, but economist and licensed environmental planner Prof. Ronilo Balbieran said the shock may prove temporary and could even hasten structural shifts in investment and business operations.
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[AuthorName] => Ehda M. Dagooc
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[Title] => Philippines may attain upper-middle income status by 2028
[Summary] => The country could officially be proclaimed as an upper- middle income country by 2028, signaling an improving economy and that Filipinos are earning more on the average.
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[AuthorName] => Alden Monzon
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[Title] => Catharsis
[Summary] => I am not an economist.
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[Title] => Amid the dark clouds, there is a silver lining
[Summary] => The recent typhoon that hit our country has once again brought to center stage the devastation and suffering our people have to endure due to climate change.
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[Title] => Smuggled tabako, sigarilyo ikinalulugi ng magsasaka at ekonomiya ng Pinas
[Summary] => Iginiit ng isang Agricultural Economist na mas palakasin ang kampanya laban sa mga puslit na tabako at sigarilyo na patuloy na nakakaapekto sa ekonomiya ng bansa at kabuhayan ng mga magsasaka.
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[Title] => The quest for learning
[Summary] => Economist Robert Gordon points out that, had you lived in 1870, 46 percent of jobs would have been in agriculture, and 35 percent would have been in crafts or manufacturing.
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[AuthorName] => Francis J. Kong
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[Title] => A nation based on families
[Summary] => Two weeks ago, the prestigious British newsmagazine The Economist had an article about the Philippines which said, “Without fanfare, the Philippines is getting richer.”
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[AuthorName] => Elfren S. Cruz
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[Title] => Checks and balances
[Summary] => The Economist has done it again. One of their columnists made an observation that betrayed a lack of appreciation and understanding of Filipinos and our way of doing things. He wrote:
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[Title] => Getting richer?
[Summary] => The Economist, a respected publication that usually tells you the whole story, has come up with a report on the Philippines titled: Without fanfare, the Philippines is getting richer. If you only read the headline, you would think it is an advertorial supplement bought by the government.
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[Title] => Temporary challenge: Fuel price shock may spur structural shifts - Expert
[Summary] => A surge in global fuel prices is set to drive up transport costs and stoke inflation risks in the Philippines, but economist and licensed environmental planner Prof. Ronilo Balbieran said the shock may prove temporary and could even hasten structural shifts in investment and business operations.
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[Title] => Philippines may attain upper-middle income status by 2028
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[Title] => Amid the dark clouds, there is a silver lining
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[Summary] => The Economist, a respected publication that usually tells you the whole story, has come up with a report on the Philippines titled: Without fanfare, the Philippines is getting richer. If you only read the headline, you would think it is an advertorial supplement bought by the government.
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