Peso hits fifth record low in six sessions
The peso fell to a fresh record-low close of P62.590 per US dollar on Friday, down 7 centavos, or 0.11 percent, from Thursday’s P62.520, marking its fifth…
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The peso fell to a fresh record-low close of P62.590 per US dollar on Friday, down 7 centavos, or 0.11 percent, from Thursday’s P62.520, marking its fifth…
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Headline inflation eased for a fourth consecutive month to 6.1 percent in August, falling within the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)’s forecast range as food…
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The peso weakened 0.22 percent to a third consecutive record-low close of P62.40 per US dollar on Tuesday, surpassing Friday’s record-low close of P62.265,…
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‘As of the end of the second quarter of this year, we are only at a shortfall of about 7 percent year on year in terms of public spending.’
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The Department of Science and Technology (DoST) is rolling out science-based innovations aimed at addressing malnutrition and helping micro, small and medium…
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TACLOBAN CITY — Northern Samar’s poverty incidence fell sharply in 2025, with nearly 12,000 fewer families classified as poor as more households moved toward…
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Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. marked his first year leading the national police force, highlighting drops in…
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The Philippine peso shed 23.8 centavos to a record-low P61.888 per US dollar on Thursday, marking the thirteenth time the local currency has slumped to a…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has continued its tightening bias, hiking its key policy rate by another 25 basis points amid persistent upside risks to…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has continued its tightening bias, hiking its key policy rate by another 25 basis points amid persistent upside risks to…
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The benchmark index fell 0.86 percent to 6,137.23 on Wednesday, while the peso strengthened by around 8 centavos to P61.65 per US dollar as investors remained…
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The milestone is genuine. But it was built on consumption, remittance, and a bloated services sector, while manufacturing withered.
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You paid P700 to enter a building designed to remind you that you’re above the poverty line, but still below the imported ham.
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The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. must face the reality of poverty in the country amid rising market prices, stagnant wages and a lack of…
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The government says poverty fell to a record-low 9.7 percent in 2025, but the number comes with a question that is harder to answer: How much does a Filipino…
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Philippine inflationAnother interest rate hike by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may address immediate inflationary concerns, but broader economic…
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The gap between what a family needs and what the government considers acceptable to pay them is a canyon with a press release taped over it.
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