Economy

Consumer Confidence Turns Pessimistic for Q3 and Q4 2020; More Optimistic for the Next 12 Months

PR Consumer sentiment falls to a record low for Q3 2020, continues to be pessimistic for Q4 2020, but turns optimistic for the next 12 months. The country’s consumer outlook turned pessimistic for...

Business Confidence Turns Pessimistic for Q3 2020; Less Optimistic for Q4 2020 and the Next 12 Months

PR Business confidence on the economy turned negative in Q3 2020, after posting 43 quarters of positive confidence (from Q3 2009 to Q1 2020), as the overall confidence index (CI) decreased to...

Dominguez says FIST to strengthen financial sector, ensure faster economic recovery from pandemic

DOF PR Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Wednesday that swift action to preserve the asset quality of banking institutions will ensure the continued strength of the financial sector, which, in turn,...

Philippine economy is fundamentally sound; negative reaction to 16.5% fall is grossly exaggerated

BSP PR The 16.5% contraction of Q2 GDP does not mean that the Philippine economy is structurally weak. It is inappropriate to compare the Q2 performance of the economy with other crises...

Gov’t P180-B stimulus plan to keep deficit manageable–DOF

DOF PR The proposed P180 billion economic stimulus plan that incorporates around P40 billion in tax credits to the private sector has already taken into account the deep contraction of the economy...

Statement of Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on the recorded 16.5 contraction of the Philippine economy for the second quarter of 2020

Following the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic that heavily affected the world economy due to the responses of different states to the virus and the implementation of lockdowns and community quarantines,...

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