
Markets brace for possible BSP rate cut
Local investors are awaiting a potential rate cut by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ahead of the trading week, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation…
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Local investors are awaiting a potential rate cut by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ahead of the trading week, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation…
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Banking stocks led gainers, Ayala Corp. topped performers among index constituents, while the peso continued its upward climb, strengthening further to P58.58…
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Headline inflation increased by 0.2 percentage points from December’s 1.8 percent, even as economists say another rate cut is increasingly likely amid…
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The central bank’s reassessment came after the Philippine Statistics Authority reported that full-year GDP growth for 2025 settled at 4.4 percent,…
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Trading was robust with net value turnover reaching P13.51 billion even as the peso, driven by broad US dollar softness, strengthened to P58.56 per dollar,…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rebounded Thursday, closing at 6,487.53, up 1.53 percent, as investors returned to the market following recent…
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump urged Cuba on Sunday to “make a deal” soon, pledging to cut off all oil and money flowing to the…
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Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is cutting electricity rates for the second consecutive month, lowering the overall cost for a typical household by P0.1637…
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Currently, the Philippines and Indonesia impose the highest VAT in the region at 12 percent, while Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos impose only 10 percent.
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MORE Power said the lower rates were driven mainly by reduced electricity demand, which increased supply margins and pushed down prices at the Wholesale…
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The BSP recorded a $225-million balance of payment surplus in November 2025, This was $48 million less than the $273 million posted the previous month.…
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In time for Christmas week, fuel prices are dropping starting this morning.
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Nothing unites the executive and the legislature like a shared scandal. Power loves company, especially when it is cheating.
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SM Investments Vice Chair Teresita Sy-Coson said, ‘Next year will not be so bad if we think more positively. We just have to do our work despite the political…
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‘For the first time since the FIT implementation began, the ERC has been able to set the FIT-All rate before the year it is meant to be applied.’
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Another session took place on the second day of the Bicameral Committee, which was livestreamed, calling Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)…
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The reverse repurchase rate, now at 4.5 percent, is expected to revive economic activity a bit ‘at a time when painful governance issues around infrastructure…
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Minutes from the Fed’s most recent meeting showed many officials expect a further uptick in underlying goods inflation as President Donald Trump’s tariffs bite.
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