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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.

Tenuous global outlook helps dampen 8-month foreign investor interest

Long-horizon foreign direct investments (FDI) in August proved marginally lower this year at only USD789 million from year-ago level of USD792 million, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Friday.

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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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