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BSP’s monetary board retains policy rate at 6.5%

By Ian Laqui | May 16, 2024 - 6:16pm

This has been the fifth time the MB kept the interest rate since its off-cycle policy rate hike in October 2023 to mitigate...

Business

Supply-side inflation does not need monetary response — NEDA chief

By Ian Laqui | October 26, 2023 - 12:32pm

Balisacan told the reporters on Wednesday, that when supply cannot meet growing demand, prices of goods such as rice and the...

Business

BSP caps 2021 with rates steady at record-low

By Ramon Royandoyan | December 16, 2021 - 4:49pm

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas capped the year with policy rates kept at historic-low.

Business

How do you make sense of 4.2% inflation rate?

By Rose Fres Fausto | February 10, 2021 - 12:00am

Last Friday, the latest inflation rate was announced and it was higher than expected.

The Budgetarian

Economists see rate cut this week

By Lawrence Agcaoili | September 23, 2019 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may further ease the country’s monetary policy settings through another 25-basis...

Business

Reissued T-bonds fetch lower rates

By Mary Grace Padin | July 17, 2019 - 12:00am

Rates fetched by reissued seven-year Treasury bonds (T-bonds) plunged yesterday amid expectations of monetary policy easing and ample liquidity in the financial system, according to the Bureau of the Treasury.

Business

Emerging Asia growth to remain weaker this year, says think tank

By Czeriza Valencia | May 28, 2019 - 12:00am

Growth in Emerging Asia is expected to remain weak of the rest of the year as looser fiscal and monetary policy are unlikely to offset the drag from weaker global demand, Capital Economics said.

Business

World economy toward slow down?

By Gerardo P. Sicat | March 27, 2019 - 12:00am

“Markets shudder as growth worries swell,” so wrote the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) issue of March 23-24 in its front page.

Business

BSP halts rate hikes as inflation slows

By Lawrence Agcaoili | December 14, 2018 - 12:00am

As expected, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) decided yesterday to keep interest rates steady, pausing from a tightening...

Business

Emerging Asian economies expected to post slower growth next year

By Czeriza Valencia | November 26, 2018 - 12:00am

Growth in Emerging Asian economies, the Philippines included, is expected to be subdued next year because of the combination of tighter monetary policy across the region and weaker global demand, according to London-based...

Business