Diokno calls for New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance

MANILA – Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin Diokno cited the need to immediately set up the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance to strengthen...

A new deal for energy affordability and net-zero emissions

The debate about affordability and climate change is stuck. Opponents of carbon taxes and regulations emphasize increased energy prices. Clean energy advocates argue a net-zero emissions...

PH hits $1-B mark sales in China buying expo

MANILA – The Philippines has surpassed its target sales in this year’s China International Import Expo (CIIE) with sales amounting to USD1.1 billion, the Center for...

Americans are tiptoeing out of economic turmoil this holiday shopping season

How minimum wage rises will affect the early years education and childcare sector

The early years sector – nurseries and childminders who offer services to children under the age of five – waited expectantly for news of investment in...

It’s not a cost of living crisis – it’s a poverty pandemic

There is a poverty crisis in the UK. But when outlining his 110 growth measures aimed at getting “the British economy working” during his autumn statement,...

WeWork approached physical space as if it were virtual, which led to the company’s downfall

On Nov. 6, the co-working firm WeWork filed for bankruptcy. WeWork, founded by Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey in 2010, had a simple business model: it...

Government of Canada releases 2023 Fall Economic Statement

November 21, 2023 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Finance Canada Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, delivered the 2023...

DTI eyes study on SRP’s impact on competition

MANILA – Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual is considering to launch a study “to what extent competition in the consumer products market...