+ Follow economy Tag
Array
(
[results] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2549487
[Title] => Twin initiatives will sustain momentum of progress
[Summary] => Just last month, the Philippines was officially classified as an Upper Middle-Income Country by the World Bank.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-15 15:59:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1808071
[AuthorName] => Rupert Paul Manhit
[SectionName] => News Commentary
[SectionUrl] => news-commentary
[URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/08/15/shanties8187_2026-08-15_15-57-34877_thumbnail.jpg
)
[1] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2549255
[Title] => AI manufacturing hub at Clark would need up to 90 million liters of water daily
[Summary] => A US-backed artificial intelligence manufacturing hub planned at Clark would need between 65 and 90 million liters of water a day, more than three times the current water system serving New Clark City, officials said at a Senate hearing.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-14 15:21:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1807493
[AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
[URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/04/20/new-clark-city_2026-04-20_21-28-29952_thumbnail.jpg
)
[2] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2549082
[Title] => Philippines taps P14 billion French loan for blue economy reforms
[Summary] => The Philippines has tapped another P14.03-billion loan from France to finance reforms aimed at protecting marine ecosystems, expanding the blue economy and creating more sustainable livelihoods for over three million Filipinos.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-14 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1808134
[AuthorName] => Keisha Ta-Asan
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/08/13/a_2026-08-13_19-25-06308_thumbnail.jpg
)
[3] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2549136
[Title] => Edukado nga workforce usa sa makadani og langyaw nga investors
[Summary] => Ang taas nga edukasyon ug kahibalo sa English sa mga trabahante sa Pilipinas nagpabiling usa sa pinakakusgan nga bentaha sa nasud sa pagdani og mga langyaw nga investors.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-14 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1526426
[AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon
[SectionName] => Banat Balita
[SectionUrl] => balita
[URL] =>
)
[4] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2548849
[Title] => Government urged to tackle causes of GDP slowdown
[Summary] => The government needs a deeper diagnosis of the Philippine economy’s sharp slowdown and should go beyond catch-up spending to address structural weaknesses that are dragging investment, consumption and productivity.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-13 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1808134
[AuthorName] => Keisha Ta-Asan
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/08/12/12025-08-1618-18-132025-10-2618-57-592025-12-1820-41-22_2026-08-12_19-45-21510_thumbnail.jpg
)
[5] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2548329
[Title] => China grip on Philippine nickel cited as reason to back Pax Silica
[Summary] => Philippines is eyeing nickel processing under Pax Silica.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-10 12:35:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1807493
[AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/05/19/hioqwwdwuailuntjpeg_2026-05-19_12-29-38_thumbnail.jpg
)
[6] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2548149
[Title] => Analysts flag slow recovery this year
[Summary] => The Philippine economy is now seen growing by only three to 3.9 percent this year, with analysts tempering their outlook after a sharper-than-expected second-quarter slowdown exposed persistent weakness in investment and household spending.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-10 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1808134
[AuthorName] => Keisha Ta-Asan
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/08/09/1_2026-08-09_19-52-13218_thumbnail.jpg
)
[7] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2547700
[Title] => GDP slows to 2.3 percent, weakest in 5 years
[Summary] => The Philippine economy grew at its slowest pace in five years to 2.3 percent in the second quarter as the Middle East conflict kept household consumption subdued while an infrastructure scandal curbed investments and public construction, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-08 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1808134
[AuthorName] => Keisha Ta-Asan
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/08/07/1_2026-08-07_18-35-33846_thumbnail.jpg
)
[8] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2546503
[Title] => FFCCCII urges government to act on economy
[Summary] => Even after President Marcos’ 5th State of the Nation Address last week that focused on key economic concerns of the business sector, the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) continues to express concern about wages, a deteriorating peso-dollar higher exchange rate that is making imports for agricultural inputs more expensive, higher oil prices, expensive energy cost and the lack of investments.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-03 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 136596
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1808334
[AuthorName] => Marianne Go
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] =>
)
[9] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2546327
[Title] => Fox Sili...silly...ka
[Summary] => It could either be a really evil thing to descend upon the country or a panacea for our ailing economy.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-02 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 136412
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1804708
[AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
)
)
economy
Array
(
[results] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2549487
[Title] => Twin initiatives will sustain momentum of progress
[Summary] => Just last month, the Philippines was officially classified as an Upper Middle-Income Country by the World Bank.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-15 15:59:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1808071
[AuthorName] => Rupert Paul Manhit
[SectionName] => News Commentary
[SectionUrl] => news-commentary
[URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/08/15/shanties8187_2026-08-15_15-57-34877_thumbnail.jpg
)
[1] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2549255
[Title] => AI manufacturing hub at Clark would need up to 90 million liters of water daily
[Summary] => A US-backed artificial intelligence manufacturing hub planned at Clark would need between 65 and 90 million liters of water a day, more than three times the current water system serving New Clark City, officials said at a Senate hearing.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-14 15:21:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1807493
[AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
[URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/04/20/new-clark-city_2026-04-20_21-28-29952_thumbnail.jpg
)
[2] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2549082
[Title] => Philippines taps P14 billion French loan for blue economy reforms
[Summary] => The Philippines has tapped another P14.03-billion loan from France to finance reforms aimed at protecting marine ecosystems, expanding the blue economy and creating more sustainable livelihoods for over three million Filipinos.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-14 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1808134
[AuthorName] => Keisha Ta-Asan
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/08/13/a_2026-08-13_19-25-06308_thumbnail.jpg
)
[3] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2549136
[Title] => Edukado nga workforce usa sa makadani og langyaw nga investors
[Summary] => Ang taas nga edukasyon ug kahibalo sa English sa mga trabahante sa Pilipinas nagpabiling usa sa pinakakusgan nga bentaha sa nasud sa pagdani og mga langyaw nga investors.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-14 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1526426
[AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon
[SectionName] => Banat Balita
[SectionUrl] => balita
[URL] =>
)
[4] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2548849
[Title] => Government urged to tackle causes of GDP slowdown
[Summary] => The government needs a deeper diagnosis of the Philippine economy’s sharp slowdown and should go beyond catch-up spending to address structural weaknesses that are dragging investment, consumption and productivity.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-13 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1808134
[AuthorName] => Keisha Ta-Asan
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/08/12/12025-08-1618-18-132025-10-2618-57-592025-12-1820-41-22_2026-08-12_19-45-21510_thumbnail.jpg
)
[5] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2548329
[Title] => China grip on Philippine nickel cited as reason to back Pax Silica
[Summary] => Philippines is eyeing nickel processing under Pax Silica.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-10 12:35:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1807493
[AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/05/19/hioqwwdwuailuntjpeg_2026-05-19_12-29-38_thumbnail.jpg
)
[6] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2548149
[Title] => Analysts flag slow recovery this year
[Summary] => The Philippine economy is now seen growing by only three to 3.9 percent this year, with analysts tempering their outlook after a sharper-than-expected second-quarter slowdown exposed persistent weakness in investment and household spending.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-10 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1808134
[AuthorName] => Keisha Ta-Asan
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/08/09/1_2026-08-09_19-52-13218_thumbnail.jpg
)
[7] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2547700
[Title] => GDP slows to 2.3 percent, weakest in 5 years
[Summary] => The Philippine economy grew at its slowest pace in five years to 2.3 percent in the second quarter as the Middle East conflict kept household consumption subdued while an infrastructure scandal curbed investments and public construction, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-08 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1808134
[AuthorName] => Keisha Ta-Asan
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/08/07/1_2026-08-07_18-35-33846_thumbnail.jpg
)
[8] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2546503
[Title] => FFCCCII urges government to act on economy
[Summary] => Even after President Marcos’ 5th State of the Nation Address last week that focused on key economic concerns of the business sector, the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) continues to express concern about wages, a deteriorating peso-dollar higher exchange rate that is making imports for agricultural inputs more expensive, higher oil prices, expensive energy cost and the lack of investments.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-03 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 136596
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1808334
[AuthorName] => Marianne Go
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] =>
)
[9] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 2546327
[Title] => Fox Sili...silly...ka
[Summary] => It could either be a really evil thing to descend upon the country or a panacea for our ailing economy.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-02 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 136412
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1804708
[AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
)
)
abtest
