The Philippines on Monday (Feb 3) declared a food security emergency to bring down rice prices, which officials said have remained high despite hefty tariff cuts. Read more at The Business Times.
Inflation in the Philippines averaged 3.2% last year, well within the 2%-4% target, although policymakers have become more cautious in the face of rising tariff risks and evolving US policies ...
data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed on Friday. The producer price index edged up 0.2 percent year-on-year in December after a 0.4 percent rise in November. The slower increase in ...
(Bloomberg) -- The Philippine economy grew slower than expected in the fourth quarter and for the full year, dragged by sluggish investment, consumption and farm output that may spark more monetary ...