The government has made inroads in streamlining its bureaucracy and corporate interests, with restructuring programs for 12 units in the pipeline out ..

UBS Investment Bank expects the Philippine economy to post faster growth this year despite the weakness in exports earnings. It sees the country’s g..

The year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines further slowed down to 2.6 percent in February from 3.9 percent in January brought about ..

The government has firmly declared that it would not turn its back on free trade. This, amidst the rally staged by activists against the visit of the ..

Members of the Asian Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (ASFRC) have called for the formation of an independent regulatory body that will monitor ..

THERE are potential risks of a financial crisis arising from the inadequacy of regulatory oversight over the activities of financial conglomerates (FC..

THERE are no difficult barriers for government to target and actually achieve higher levels of growth with positive factors propping the local econom..

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 4.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2006. The Gross National Product (GNP), meanwhile, posted a 5.9 percen..

The Peso continues to show signs of strength at it averaged P49.467 during the month of December. The country’s year-on-year headline inflation ..

The Philippines may still have a shot in forging a liberalized trade pact with the United States, its biggest trading partner, despite earlier pronou..

MANILA: When the Philippines signed its first bilateral trade agreement with Japan this year, it was hailed by both governments as a milestone. The p..

There seems to be an air of optimism in the agriculture sector following the return of Secretary Arthur Yap to the agency. Among the factors that tri..

The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) being scrutinized by the Senate for ratification has sufficient provisions that prevent d..

The year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines continued to move at a slower pace of 4.7 percent in November from 5.4 percent in Octobe..

A controversial bilateral trade agreement between the Philippines and Japan promises enormous economic opportunities for Filipinos, among them agricu..