Economy likely grew by 6.2 percent in Q1

The Philippine economy is expected to have posted a 6.2-percent growth in the first quarter supported by gains in the labor market and manufacturing, as well as government spending, according to First ... Read More

As global economy slows, Philippines bats for intensified financing solutions

The Philippines has called on multilateral financial institutions to step up support and financing solutions to developing nations as the global economy hits a critical point of further slowdown. As ... Read More

Philippine Economic Update - January, 2015 Edition

The World Bank expects the Philippine ... Economic growth slowed down to 5.3 percent in the third quarter of 2014, due to weak government spending on the demand side and agricultural production on the ... Read More

Philippines’ Q4 bond market growth slows

These comprised 5.3% of the period’s total. Corporate bonds also contracted by 2.6% to $27 billion or P1.5 trillion amid a large number of bond maturities. Still, these made up 12.6% of the ... Read More

Philippine Economic Update – April 2016

The Philippines remained a strong performer in the region, despite slow global growth. Coming from a slow start in the first half (H1) of 2015 due to weak government spending, the economy bounced back ... Read More

Philippines seeing signs of economic growth

DESPITE imposing one of the world’s longest and strictest lockdowns, coronavirus cases in the Philippines have now surged past 230,000, with Indonesia eclipsed as the region’s biggest outbreak. Read More

Philippines' population growth rate slows down

THE country's population growth rate has slowed down even as its aging population grew by 5 percent, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) said on Friday. The commission also noted what ... Read More

Philippines growth slows sharply in March

Nissan Terra SUV is a popuar choice in the market The Philippine new vehicle market expanded by less than 2% to 37,474 units ... from the pandemic lows. Economic growth was expected to have ... Read More

ESCAP upgrades Philippine GDP growth forecast to 6%

behind Cambodia (6.2%). For 2025, Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) growth is estimated at 6.1%, which is also within the government’s 6.5-7.5% forecast range. In its Economic and Social Survey ... Read More

World economic growth slows

Most of the world's biggest and fastest-growing economies are heading into a prolonged period of slower growth, according to the Organisation for Economic ... off up to 0.5 percentage points ... Read More

World Bank economic prospects for Latin America and the Caribbean: projected growth 1,5% in 2023

Growth in LAC is projected to slow further in 2023, to 1.5 ... percent in 2024. Argentina's output is projected to fall in 2023 to a negative 2 percent and then grow by 2.3 percent in 2024 as the ... Read More