Broker Unicapital Securities Inc. on Monday recomputed the benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) to round the year higher to 7,600 points from 7,000 points previously on the back of still lower interest rates at the close of 2024.
The number of listings at the Philippine Stock Exchange is forecast to rise in 2025 from just a handful this year as a consequence of the decline in interest rates that makes equities attractive versus fixed income securities.
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. welcomed with guarded optimism the sharp slowdown in September inflation attributed to the decline in food prices, particularly rice.
Headline inflation slowed to 1.9 percent in September, the slowest pace since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Friday.
Visitor arrivals in the Philippines reached 4.44 million in the nine months to September, up 9.9 percent from the year-earlier period, with nearly half...
Local electricity supplier Rockport Power Inc. has partnered with Filipino manufacturer King Global Sanitary Products to supply energy for its operations.
The National Power Corp. (NPC) has signed an agreement with Climate Smart Ventures (CSV) to create a framework for carbon credits, aiming to support the Philippines’ shift to a low-carbon future.
The Department of Finance (DOF), Bureau of the Treasury (BTr), and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced that Philippine peso-denominated government bonds will be included in J.P. Morgan’s Government Bond Index – Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) starting January 29, 2027.