Economy

GDP growth targets cut due to budget impasse

By Joann Villanueva/PNA MANILA -- Economic managers on Wednesday cut economic growth targets for 2019-20 due to the projected impact of the re-enacted budget this year. In a briefing after the meeting of...

Local markets up in midweek trading

By Joann Villanueva/PNA MANILA -- Profit-taking lifted the peso against the US dollar Wednesday and the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) was buoyed by expectations of cuts in banks’ reserve requirement ratio...

PSEi improves; peso depreciates on rate hike expectations

By Joann Villanueva/PNA MANILA – The Philippines’ main equities gauge recovered Tuesday but the peso weakened on expectations of fresh monetary easing by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) this year. The Philippine...

Peso closed sideways; USD; local shares down

By Joann Villanueva/PNA MANILA -- The Philippine peso closed sideways against the greenback on Monday as investors express hope for a cut in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) key rates but...

PRRD: Reenacted budget will decrease PH growth rate

By Azer Parrocha/PNA MANILA -- If the Philippine government continues to operate on a reenacted budget, the country’s growth rate will take a blow, President Rodrigo R. Duterte said on Monday night. Duterte...

Gov’t sees steady inflation downtrend till yearend

by Leslie Gatpolintan/PNA MANILA -- Economic managers are optimistic the downward path of inflation will continue for the rest of the year on the back of reforms recently rolled out, after the country’s inflation...

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