MANILA—Combined gross domestic product (GDP) of the 10-member countries of Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) is seen to surpass GDP of big economies across the...
MANILA—Profit-taking reigned in the currency and equities markets Wednesday, reversing the gains of both the peso and the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi). The local unit...
MANILA—Bid coverage ratio of the central bank’s seven-day Term Deposit Facility (TDF) went up this week but that of 28-day declined on back of lower bids...
MANILA—Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director General Charito Plaza said she will be meeting a top-level business delegation from Japan on Thursday and Friday. The business...
BEIJING—China’s top economic planner pledged Tuesday to continue cutting steel and coal production that have been a source of trade friction with many countries. China reached...
MANILA—Automotive vehicle sales growth for the full year of 2016 further accelerated to 24.6 percent, faster than the 22.9 percent expansion in 2015. The joint report...
MANILA—Industry output increased by double-digit in November 2016, driving production value to grow at the same pace, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Tuesday. In its...
MANILA—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is set to pilot-run a Php 1.0-billion microfinance program for local micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) this month....
VICTORIA—British Columbia’s high performance economic engine is forecast to gear down this year as the province’s housing market cools, say some economic experts. B.C.’s economy has...
MANILA—Starting Jan. 1, 2017, teachers, health workers, soldiers, policemen, and all other civil servants will receive a bigger take home pay as part of the Duterte...