Benefits, wages should rise with inflation: UN expert
Countries must ensure that social benefits and wages rise with inflation, otherwise, people could starve or freeze in their homes, the United Nations' poverty…
· 2 MIN READ
Daily TribuneTopic
Countries must ensure that social benefits and wages rise with inflation, otherwise, people could starve or freeze in their homes, the United Nations' poverty…
· 2 MIN READ
Soaring food and energy prices are raising the risk of social unrest but attempting to tame costs through tax cuts, subsidies, and price controls would be too…
· 2 MIN READ
A weakened peso and rising commodities prices and electricity rates could drive the September inflation between 6.6 to 7.4 percent, the Bangko Sentral ng…
· 2 MIN READ
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is closely monitoring the continued weakening of the Philippine peso against the US dollar, Malacañang said…
· 2 MIN READ
Dozens of people have taken part in a rare protest in the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, social media footage shows, after officials announced a snap…
· 2 MIN READ
The International Monetary Fund has projected the Philippines' gross domestic product to grow by 6.5 percent in 2022 but to slow to 5 percent in 2023 as the…
· 2 MIN READ
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index is still struggling to recover from a slump, especially after the Federal Reserve kept its aggressive stance in…
· 1 MIN READ
Despite the normalization of policy settings, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' policy rate is still accommodative, BSP Governor Felipe Medalla said on Thursday.
· 2 MIN READ
China's "inflexible" and "inconsistent" zero-Covid policy is crippling European business operations in the country, a major business lobby…
· 2 MIN READ
Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday said he will soon make a decision on further relaxing coronavirus restrictions, as residents and businesses decry quarantine…
· 2 MIN READ
Beijing on Monday said President Joe Biden's latest comments that the United States would defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion "severely violate"…
· 2 MIN READ
Millions of people in the Chinese megacity of Chengdu emerged Monday from a COVID-19 lockdown that had closed schools, disrupted businesses, and forced…
· 2 MIN READ
Consumers and businesses around the world are facing steeper prices for everything from Mexico's beloved tortillas to the aluminium cans used by beer companies.
· 3 MIN READ
Russia's war against Ukraine appears to be settling into a grinding conflict that could last years and prove increasingly risky for Kyiv's Western allies,…
· 3 MIN READ
Sri Lanka added 37 new senior posts to its government on Thursday, sparking a social media backlash over "useless" public spending in the middle of…
· 2 MIN READ
The country's inflation rate has slightly eased to 6.3 percent in August 2022 from 6.4 percent in the previous month, according to the latest report of the…
· 1 MIN READ
The Philippine manufacturing sector posted a slight increase in August, although headwinds persist from runaway inflation and supply chain disruptions, S&P…
· 3 MIN READ