
Dow hits record after Fed chair signals cut
US Federal Reserve Chairperson Jerome Powell opened the door to lowering interest rates, with the Dow closing at a fresh record for the first time since…
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US Federal Reserve Chairperson Jerome Powell opened the door to lowering interest rates, with the Dow closing at a fresh record for the first time since…
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Trump’s federal takeover lays bare a deeper truth: the enduring contempt for a city that dares to chart its own course.
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State shelter financing agency Pag-IBIG Fund has announced bigger housing loan incentives under the government’s Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino…
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ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) recorded the lowest inflation rate in the country for July, at -1.7 percent,…
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Consumers will pay more for power this month as the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has raised rates by P0.6268 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in August, the second…
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South Korea’s military has seen its troop strength fall by a fifth over the past six years, as the country’s record-low birthrate continues to erode the pool…
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Bowman also made the case that price increases from President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs this year will likely represent "a one-time effect."
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The situation is poised to worsen under Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on 4 July 2025.
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Employment rate stood at 96.3 percent in June, down from 96.9 percent in June 2024.
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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday, 6 Aug., noted a rise in employment rate from May to June.
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The Philippine unemployment rate climbed to 3.7 percent in June 2025, up from 3.1 percent a year earlier, reflecting a labor market under pressure even as the…
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It would bring great relief to end-users and consumers to have a government able to step on the brakes rather than step on the gas in the matter of electricity…
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'I would like to thank the President for the trust and confidence placed in me to head the ERC, the agency tasked with promoting the interests of all…
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Pag-IBIG Fund is offering a special subsidized interest rate of three percent per annum for the first five years of housing loans under the Expanded Pambansang…
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While the US side trumpeted the deal as a bilateral opening, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. clarified that the Philippines has not agreed to a broad…
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Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed the average inflation for the first half of the year stood at 1.8 percent, below the BSP’s target range of…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange index climbed back to 6,300 level with its total value nearing P7.35-billion net of extraordinary block sales.
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The US labor market is not doing as well as headlines suggest, a top Federal Reserve official said Friday, a day after making the case for an interest rate cut…
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