Jun Vallecera

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DBCC recalibrates economic assumptions

Inflation is front and center in the minds of the economic managers who have recalibrated its path to a higher plane between now and...

Slowbalization takes center stage at ongoing World Bank/IMF spring meetings

The world’s economies have entered a phase of slowbalization where global output growth measured as its gross domestic product (GDP) have been recast downward...

Inflation-amplifying food prices still top of mind at BSP

Among the issues that concern the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) the most, price pressure on food that amplify inflation remain front and center. In...

‘Inflation should not top 8.2% in March’

The rate at which prices change, or inflation, were to have sufficiently eased in March as to have moderated no higher than 8.2 percent,...

Asia economies to benefit from continued China expansion – IMF

Even though global growth is forecast lower this year than in 2022, individual country output growth measured as the gross domestic product (GDP) should...

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DTI warns vs hoarding, profiteering amid crisis

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Saturday warned retailers against hoarding essential goods and engaging in profiteering, saying such illegal practices will not be tolerated as global tensions threaten to drive up oil prices and logistics costs.

DA rolls out P65M interventions for Albay farmers, fisherfolk

The Department of Agriculture (DA) launched a major regional development initiative on Thursday, with Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. personally overseeing the distribution of over P65 million in agricultural interventions to local farmers and fisherfolk in this town widely recognized as the “rice granary of Albay.”

Philippines halts poultry importation from Indiana amid bird flu

The Department of Agriculture has imposed a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds—and their products—from Indiana following confirmed outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain.

BSP wins global award for managing foreign currency reserves

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has received the 2026 “Reserve Manager” award from Central Banking, recognizing the Philippine central bank’s improvements in handling the country’s foreign currency reserves.
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