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‘I quit school to raise my eldest child’
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. on Monday set the record straight on his educational background amid erroneous reports claiming he is a graduate of the University of Santos Tomas (UST), saying he quit school to raise his eldest child.
BSP data suggests a stay in benchmark interest rate
Latest Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data boost the likelihood the monetary authorities will keep the rate at which they lend to or borrow from the banks where they stood two weeks earlier when the policy-making monetary board (MB) announced an off-cycle adjustment.
Rafael D. Consing Jr. named MIC head
Malacanang has appointed former infrastructure and port executive and current presidential adviser Rafael D. Consing Jr. as president and chief executive of the Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC).
Fitch affirms country’s investment grade rating, stable credit outlook
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Manila's triple B (BBB) credit rating, which is above the minimum investment grade, and has kept the outlook on the rating at “stable.”
Saving and real investments fell in 2020 as pandemic bites – BSP data
The country's so-called flow of funds in 2020, which helps indicate whether the USD406 billion economy borrows from or actually lends money to the growth-producing economic sectors, show a sharp 26.1 percent drop in domestic saving to P3.7 trillion from P5 trillion in 2019.
