Policy reforms in the Philippines must focus on expediting economic transformation to move out of low-productivity sectors and help overcome shocks like Trump’s tariffs.

China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a demographic challenge that could drag on the world’s second-largest economy for ...

Critics of Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco are only too happy to point out that foreign tourist arrivals in the Philippines dropped around 2.2 percent in 202 ...

The early release of budget to local government units and the projected continuation of a manageable inflation environment are seen to provide leeway for a five percent output for the domestic economy ...

THE DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management (DBM) cut its infrastructure spending target to 4.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) this year from 5.1% previously, as a corruption scandal weighed on ...

MANILA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The Philippine economy will bounce back this year with growth of at least 5%, supported by sound ...

MANILA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The Philippine economy grew 3% in the last quarter of 2025 compared to a year earlier, weaker than ...

The Philippine economy is expected to regain momentum towards the latter part of 2026 as slower growth could spill over in the early part of the year, an ...

Unicapital Securities Inc. expects the Philippine economy to expand at a faster pace in 2026 following a sluggish 4.4-percent performance last year, ...

The U.S. Army has stood up a rotational force in the Philippines, according to recently released defense media. Army ...

The Philippine government cut its economic growth target for this year, as it expects the fallout from the wide-scale corruption scandal to persist in the first half of 2026. The economy is now ...