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US private sector cuts 301,000 jobs in January amid Omicron surge

Private companies in the United States slashed 301,000 jobs in January, indicating a disrupted recovery in the labor market amid Omicron surge, payroll data company Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported Wednesday (Feb. 2).

BSP-registered FPIs net outflows in 2021 lower by 86.5% compared to 2020

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)-registered foreign portfolio investments (FPIs) in December 2021 recorded net outflows of US$4 million, bringing the total net outflows for 2021 to US$574 million.  Nonetheless, the full-year net...

DBP signs financing pact with key shelter agency

State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) – a key shelter agency, to provide financing to qualified housing...

Banks’ loan standards for consumers eased in Q4 2021

Results of the Q4 2021 Senior Bank Loan Officers’ Survey (SLOS) showed that most of the respondent banks kept their overall credit standards generally unchanged for loans to both enterprises and...

IPAs point to COVID-19, high costs of doing business, foreign equity restrictions as among investments barriers

In recent reports to the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB), investment promotion agencies (IPAs) identified the COVID-19 pandemic, high costs of doing business, and foreign equity restrictions in the Philippines as...

BOC busts smuggled good in Bulacan warehouse

The Bureau of Customs through the joint operations of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International Container Port (CIIS-MICP), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) seized various smuggled goods in a warehouse at Pandi, Bulacan on 26 January 2022.
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