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GDP growth Philippines

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on GDP growth Philippines.

  1. THE local market and the Philippine peso both staged recoveries during Friday’s trading session, providing a breather after experiencing steep sell-offs earlier in the week.

    PSEI ends lower, peso slips back P63 per dollar

    The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) fell 0.28 percent to 5,761.95 while the peso weakened to P63.055 against the US dollar on 6 November as investors…

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  2. EMILIO S. Neri Jr. is senior vice president and chief economist of the Bank of the Philippine Islands, the country’s largest bank by assets, trailing only BDO Unibank and slightly edging ahead of Metrobank and state-owned LandBank. The bank posted a total P49-billion net income in the first nine months of 2026.

    Phl recovery remains fragile — BPI

    Economic growth is projected to improve to 3.2 percent from 2.3 percent in the previous quarter but BPI economist Emilio Neri Jr. cautioned that the recovery…

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  4. BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Eli M. Remolona Jr.’s optimism that growth and economic activity would most likely rebound early next year is based on his expectation that government and public infrastructure spending will eventually ramp up after experiencing major delays. A core pillar of his outlook is the assumption that high inflation will eventually moderate, helping restore purchasing power and economic activity. The BSP raised its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 5.50 percent on Thursday, 22 October 2026.

    Remolona pushes GDP recovery to Q1 2027

    Citing expected recovery in Philippine economic activity as a key consideration in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ decision Thursday last week to deliver a…

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  7. A NIGHTTIME view of Metro Manila’s skyline.

    Manila maintains trillion-peso economy status

    Manila secures its trillion-peso economy status in 2025, contributing 14.6% to Metro Manila's GDP. Services dominate at 77.4%, with transportation and…

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  8. A MAJOR reason for the drastic slowing down of Philippine economic growth is the disruption in shipping sailing through the Strait of Hormuz as a result of the war in the Middle East. Virtually all of the Philippines’ crude oil supply comes from the Middle East, transported by vessels sailing through the Strait now blockaded by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

    AMRO hands Phl steepest growth downgrades

    AMRO has cut its Philippine GDP growth forecasts to 3.3 percent for 2026 and 4.6 percent for 2027, the steepest downward revisions among ASEAN+3 economies,…

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  9. Leapfrog or decline

    Leapfrog or decline

    Now we have another opportunity. But this time, we have to build the foundations. Good governance is often discussed as a matter of morality. It is also…

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  10. Stagflation has landed

    Stagflation has landed

    The labor market compounds the misery. The unemployment rate rose from 4.4 percent in December 2025 to 5 percent in March 2026, while core inflation climbed to…

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