Economy

By Joann Villanueva/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Philippine economy would have expanded by 7.2 percent instead of 5.6 percent in the first quarter of 2019 if the approval of the proposed 2019...

PR/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- In the first quarter of 2019, the Philippine economy grew by 5.6 percent, lower than the 6.5 percent registered in the same quarter of last year and 6.3...

By Joann Villanueva/Philippine News Agency MANILA – Concerns over the seemingly fruitless US-China trade talks continue to worry investors and resulted in the negative close of the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi), but...

by Filane Mikee Cervantes/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday admitted that Congress could be at fault for the economic slowdown in the first quarter of this year due to...

By Azer Parrocha/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Philippines’ credit rating upgrade to “BBB+” is a result of President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to invest his political capital wisely in “difficult but game-changing...

By Joann Villanueva/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) ended Wednesday up while the peso weakened as investors took profits on earlier gains. The main equities gauge rose 0.20...