YIELDS of the 5-year Treasury bonds went down during Wednesday’s auction as investors continue to wager that local monetary authorities will reduce key policy rates in their meeting next week. The ...

Economic uncertainties have pushed more Filipinos to consider financial safety nets, yet achieving long-term security remains a challenge.

OVER P228 billion in economic output may be generated from shopping by foreign tourists this year, dwarfing the estimated P4 billion in government losses from refunding value-added taxes (VAT) they ...

Next week, on April 2, US President Donald Trump’s “tariff reciprocity” — tariff equalization with major trade partners which have high tariffs on US exports to their countries — will take effect. The ...

Finance Secretary Ralph Recto asked the Insurance Commission (IC) to elevate its role beyond regulation and become a “relentless guardian of the Filipino ...

Finance Secretary Ralph Recto said he is confident that Philippine economic growth would hit at least 6 percent this year. In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, Recto said he is banking on ...

Department of Finance Secretary Ralph Recto said he expects the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to ease the monetary policy at its next meeting to stimulate economic growth. “It would appear that, ...

Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto has made a strong pitch for the country, telling global investors that now is the time, the Philippines is the place, and Filipinos are the right partners for their ...

President Marcos’ chief economic manager and representative in the Monetary Board (MB) has projected a 75-basis point (bp) reduction in the central bank’s interest rates this year, anticipating this ...

PHILIPPINE economic growth is likely to fall short of the government’s target in the first two quarters, GlobalSource ...

SINGAPORE - A 27m-long external structure fell off a building in the Bartley area and crashed onto the street below on March 11, narrowly missing an employee from a store on the ground floor.