MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may take a breather after raising interest rates by a total of 150 basis points in four consecutive rate-setting meetings since May to anchor rising inflationary expectations. “If there are signs that inflation is already abating as measured by the month-on-month, we may take a pause. […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) ended in positive territory yesterday, but volume was too low indicating that market investors are still risk averse and still waiting for inflation to stabilize. The PSEi finished at 6,987.02, up 60.51 points or 0.87 percent while the broader All-Shares gauge lost 13.13 or 0.30 […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Airline passengers could see even higher fares in the next two months should local airlines opt to increase the fuel surcharge. The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) said passenger fuel surcharge for domestic and international flights from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31 would increase to Level 4, which means additional cost of between […]
Read MoreWhile the suspension of the increase in the excise tax on oil will immediately be felt by consumers in terms of lower prices of fuel, spending on some non-infrastructure projects, such as subsidies given to marginalized sectors, might have to be sacrificed. Government will consider slashing non-infrastructure spending due to the P41-billion foregone revenue that […]
Read More8-month tally still up 2.4% to $21.2 billion MANILA, Philippines — Personal remittances from overseas Filipinos declined by 1.4 percent to $2.76 billion from the $2.8 billion in August recorded in the same month last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday. Despite the decline in August, the BSP said the eight-month tally […]
Read MoreThe highest inflation in almost a decade is eating away at support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s government and forcing sacrifices to his flagship economic agenda. Consumer prices last month were up 6.7% from a year earlier, cutting into the livelihoods of this nation’s 100 million people—especially the poor, whose support the authoritarian populist needs in […]
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