Latest in economic growthCotabato City’s five years of steady economic growth and improving reputation with both the national and international community are more than strong enough to withstand one day of election-related violence, and the city will recover quickly, Mayor Mohammad Ali “Bruce” Matabalao said Monday.…
Infrastructure spending has surged from 1 to 2% of GDP to 5% or more under the Marcos administration, representing the single biggest driver of the Philippines’ above-average economic growth of 5.8% over the past four years, Finance Undersecretary Joven Balbosa said Saturday. Balbosa made the…
The Philippine economy grew at an average of 5.8% annually over the past four years under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., more than double the global average of 2.5% to 3%, Finance Secretary Frederick Go said Saturday. Go made the disclosure in an interview on DZRH News program Special on Saturday…
Vietnam is in the grip of a construction frenzy unlike anything Southeast Asia has seen in a generation—and while Hanoi breaks ground on bullet trains, nuclear plants, and the world’s largest stadium, the Philippines is fighting a different kind of battle: keeping fuel affordable for ordinary…
While the country’s attention has been consumed by rising fuel prices, an economist is arguing that the Philippines walked into the oil crisis already in the grip of a more damaging emergency—one that has been quietly dragging economic growth to some of its lowest levels in recent history, and…
As the peso slides toward 62 to the dollar, an economist is pushing back against the instinct to treat currency weakness as a threat, arguing instead that a depreciated peso is one of the more reliable tools the Philippines has for generating jobs and reviving its long-stagnant export sector.…
Bicol Region recorded the slowest economic growth among all 18 regions in the Philippines in 2025, posting a gross regional domestic product expansion of only 0.5 percent, according to data released Thursday, April 23, by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The PSA released its 2025…
The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) surged to one of its strongest levels in six months on Tuesday, February 3, fully wiping out losses triggered by corruption concerns involving billions worth of flood control projects aired during last year’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), according…
The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) and left-leaning think tank IBON Foundation—often at opposite ends of the policy debate—arrived at the same conclusion that the Philippine economy underperformed in 2025 and faces serious structural weaknesses heading into 2026, based on…
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said Thursday, November 6, that efforts of the Department of Agriculture (DA), as directed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., are helping drive growth in the agriculture and fisheries sector, whose production value in the third quarter rose 2.8…
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