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M3 
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assure international investors that the country will continue to exercise
prudence in its economic affairs, a ranking government official said over the
weekend.

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started to  improve after languishing in the doldrums due to the lingering
effects of the regional financial crisis.

Domestic liquidity or M3 expanded by a strong 15.2 percent as of end-November
1999, up 3.2 percentage points from the 12-percent growth in October 1999, the
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The economy

By VIRTUAL REALITY | By Tony Lopez | June 27, 2023 - 12:00am

The world economic outlook is bleak – this year, next year, in fact, over the next five years, if you believe experts of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Opinion

Vietnam overtakes the Philippines. How did this happen?

By THE CORNER ORACLE | By Andrew J. Masigan | November 4, 2020 - 12:00am

Alas, Vietnam, a backwater communist country just 40 years ago, has overtaken us in terms of per capita income.

Opinion

WFP says hunger kills more than AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis combined

June 4, 2009 - 9:00pm

LUSAKA (Xinhua) - Hunger kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined, The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said in a release to Xinhua today.

Government posts lower CPSD in 3rd qtr

December 12, 2001 - 12:00am

Reflecting its belt-tightening measures, the government posted a consolidated public sector deficit (CPSD) of P126.68 billion in the third quarter, lower than the programmed level of P130.69 billion. Data from the...

Business

Gov't eyes new IMF program

By by Jun Ebias | May 29, 2000 - 12:00am

The government may enter into a new two-year program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the current program expires in December this year to assure international investors that the country will...

Business

Liquidity up 15% in Nov

By Marianne V. Go | January 18, 2000 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday a strong demand for money in November last year, an indication that economic activities have started to improve after languishing in the doldrums due...

Business

Big drop in BOP surplus seen this yr

January 10, 2000 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is projecting a much lower balance of payments (BOP) surplus of $2.4 billion this year compared to the 1999 surplus of $3.2 billion. The gross international reserves (GIR),...

Business