The wholesale price of rice continued to rise in March, with well-milled rice hitting a national average of P50.84 a kilo, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority show.
Changing consumption patterns and smuggling have set the collective teeth of the Philippine Tobacco Growers Association (PTGA) and the National Federation of Tobacco Farmers...
The country's agricultural trade deficit narrowed in 2023 to USD11.49 billion as the both exports and imports of farm products decreased, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed.
Car loans and credit cards remain the banks' most popular products in latest data showing consumer loans having grown slightly above 25 percent in February this year.
The unemployment rate in the country declined in February to 3.5 percent, equivalent to 1.8 million Filipinos, compared with the level in January and in February last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Thursday.
The USD Supreme Court on Friday struck down the sweeping global tariffs imposed last year by President Donald Trump, delivering a body blow to a central pillar of his economic agenda.
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has launched Ginhawa Go, a short-term micro-loan program for government employees, offering quick access to cash through the GSIS Touch mobile app.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has signed separate information sharing agreements with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to strengthen the government’s crackdown on financial scams.