The country’s economic growth, which drew much of its steam from the resurgent world economy last year, is seen to be restrained by the same extern..

Year-on-year headline inflation rate at the national level picked up by 0.3 percentage point to 7.9 percent in December from 7.6 percent in November..

Framing efficient rural finance policies that can become “potent” tools for development is a challenge for policymakers, the Philippine Institute ..

The government plan to slow down the country’s population growth rate should not rely on local government units (LGUs) because of their limited com..

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific warned Escap member-countries including the Philippines that government s..

A leading economist predicted over the weekend that the inflation rate, which represents the increases in consumer prices, would top the 7.6-percent r..

Senators want more time to scrutinize the lateral attrition bill, a major component of the P80-billion tax-reform package endorsed by Malacañan to Co..

As Asian economies continue to expand, Europe, the former colonial master of many countries in the region, is now willing to talk on equal footing wit..

THE Commission on Population (Popcom) has warned that six cities in the country face the danger of draining their resources with the huge growth in th..

Six cities in the Philippines face the danger of strained resources as the number of people living there continue to increase yearly, warned the “Th..

MANILA, Philippines (AP) _ The Philippine capital Manila is expected to climb from the 16th to the 12th largest city in the world by 2010, officials a..

The fiscal crisis is weighing hard on the quality of education in the Philippines, economists say. In explaining the real score behind the deepeni..

The 1994-based year-on-year headline inflation rate went up by 0.5 percentage point to 7.6 percent in November from 7.1 percent in October. On the..

An economist warned recently that the abolition of the oil deregulation law could create distortions in market prices and require huge funding from th..

THE Philippines is not suffering a fiscal crisis, but it does have some serious problems, according to a former government official.