Economic blueprint
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. started his first three months in office with one of the most impressive economic performances in any administration. Our gross domestic...
Battling with inflation
THE HIGH prices of food, fuel and transport are testing the patience of Filipino consumers. It is common for ordinary Filipinos nowadays to complain...
Revisiting our exports
OUR ECONOMY shows resilience amid various challenges, but one sector that needs further improvement is our exports that lag behind imports in terms of...
Pre-pandemic life
THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE war and surging prices are not slowing down Philippine economic growth despite some doomsayers in our midst.
The economy expanded 7.6 percent in...
High interest rates and robust growth: A delicate balance
RISING interest rates tend to be a precursor of an economic slowdown. A tool to curb surging inflation, higher interest rates in the long...
Protecting our purchasing power
I UNDERSTAND where the government’s economic managers are coming from when they underscored the need to “defend the peso.” The Philippine currency has already...
Fourth quarter opportunities and the President’s first 100 days
THIS IS the time of the year when people spend more money to celebrate the Christmas season. The last three months of the year...
Growth amid a global recession
GROWTH in the Philippines and this part of the world and the feared recession in the West are a clear case of juxtaposition. The...
Business-like visit
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. without exaggeration has brought home the bacon after his weeklong working visit to the United States. His travel was an...
End of pandemic nearing
WE’VE received a bit of good news last week from the World Health Organization. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the press that the...