Local output expansion that underwhelmed the economic managers last year at only 5.6 percent in terms of the gross domestic product (GDP) is seen reaccelerated to 6 percent this year, the International Monetary Fund said.
Above-target inflation averaging 6 percent in 2023 is forecast in January this year to have averaged no more than 3.6 percent, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said on Wednesday.
The country's continued economic expansion in 2023, measured as the gross domestic product (GDP), eased sharply to only 5.6 percent in the final quarter and came even lower than the revised output expansion of 6 percent in the third quarter.
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) targets opening within the year 2.5 times more phygital bank branches than it has at the moment as part of the larger goal of meeting the requirements of its digital clients.
The Philippines is seen to have missed its goal of boosting local output expansion averaging at least 6 percent in 2023, having grown at a slower rate of only 4.9 percent in the fourth quarter last year, analysts at Moody's Analytics said on Monday.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has completed a draft National Flood Management Framework aimed at setting a unified, long-term policy direction for reducing flood risks nationwide.
Japanese firm Ubukata Philippine Electric Corporation is reinforcing the Philippines’ ambition to move up the manufacturing value chain, as it sets up export-oriented production of safety switches and electrical control equipment in Batangas.
Aboitiz Foods, the food group of listed investment holding company Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc., has completed the acquisition of Singapore-based Diasham Resources Pte. Ltd., strengthening its specialty nutrition portfolio and expanding its animal health and manufacturing capabilities across the Asia-Pacific region.
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