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30/11/2018

Timely!

The country’s problematic inflation rate may have finally reached an inflection point this month

24/06/2018

24/06/2018

However, we are still okay eh? Hold your horses! Are we on the right track? Bahala na si Batman!

Economic activity is stagnating in the provinces and no less than President Duterte himself is worried that the rising prices of goods could prolong the period of gloom.

24/06/2018

As expected...

Consumers are expected to face higher prices of meat and poultry products in the coming days as the livestock and poultry industries suffer from rising corn prices ...

14/10/2017

"Neda explained that the figure on foreign equity placements is not the entire figure.

“While the data on equity placements serve as a gauge of new FDI entry and overall investor confidence, the figure is not complete. The figure does not show the total inward investments made by foreign investors in the country,” Neda Officer-in-Charge, Undersecretary Rolando G. Tungpalan said."

Of course, equity capital is but one part of total FDI. But even when you add the other two components – reinvestments and debt transactions – total FDI still shrank by 16.5% year-on-year. We’ve focused on actual FDI, but the data on FDI pledges or commitments tell the same story. The sizeable declines of both actual and pledged FDI seem to signal investors’ increasing apprehensions about the economy. - JC Punongbayan, Fellow UP School of Economics

"BSP pointed out that reforms on foreign ownership, addressing infrastructure gaps, and reducing the cost of doing business to boost FDI in the country."

But how and how soon? Next month, next quarter, this year, or next year?

DESPITE double-digit declines in foreign direct investments (FDI) in the first seven months of the year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) remains bullish that sustained net inflows could reach close to $8 billion in 2017.