Bullish in 2019
WITH THE INFLATION scare fading gradually toward the end of 2018 and the element of uncertainty in the economy subsiding, we can look at...
More purchasing power
THE ECONOMIC situation is normalizing, thanks to the stabilizing inflation and foreign exchange rates in time for the Christmas season.
The Philippine Statistics Authority reported...
Stabilizing prices to fuel spending
FILIPINO consumers just a few months ago were in no mood to spend because of rising oil and food prices. Economic Planning Secretary Ernesto...
More food for Filipinos
I BELIEVE the passage of the Rice Tariffication bill by the bicameral conference committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives will mean...
Boracay – Part 2
TOURISM is one major contributor to the gross domestic product but if we do not take care of our environment, we will lose to...
Let us cherish our growth
THE FACT that our gross domestic product grew 6.1 percent in the third quarter of 2018, despite the many challenges in the global economy,...
Key PHL economic indicators improving
THE BUSINESS environment has continuously improved under the Duterte administration, and this is evident in the more than 50-percent increase in foreign direct investments...
Election spending to offset ‘slowdown’
MANY fear economic growth in the Philippines will slow down this year and the next because of higher local inflation and the global market...
A better Boracay
BORACAY reopened to the public as a more beautiful and much-improved island destination on Oct. 26, or six months after President Rodrigo Duterte decided...
Stick to fundamentals and we will be okay
THE TURBULENT reaction of the global financial markets in the second week of October is a reminder that the Philippine economy will not enjoy...