Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 01:37:00 +0000
INFLATION eased in February, returning to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas'(BSP) target, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday. The consumer price index (CPI) during the month was at…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 06:54:18 +0000
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian described as a “positive development” the country’s inflation rate which slowed down at 4.4 percent in the first month of 2019.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 05:27:05 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang on Tuesday said it was pleased with the steady decline of the inflation rate, which was pegged at 4.4 percent in January.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ANNA LEAH E. GONZALES| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 01:43:14 +0000
INFLATION slowed down to 4.4 percent in January from 5.1 percent in December, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday. Last month’s result was the lowest since April 2018…READ
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 07:28:10 +0000
Last year’s inflation, which hit a new 10-year high, is to blame for the Philippine economy’s slower pace in 2018, Malacañang said Thursday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 06:25:37 +0000
Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has reiterated her call for a P20-billion hike in the proposed 2019 budget of the Department of Agriculture.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 04:32:23 +0000
MANILA, Philippines—Inflation could hit at an average of 3.2 percent for the entire 2019, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo said Thursday.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 21:22:39 +0000
Militant lawmakers on Wednesday warned of an “oil price explosion” brought by the second tranche of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act, or TRAIN 2.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 06:20:55 +0000
Budget Chief Benjamin Diokno is allegedly “trying to mislead the people with the supposed lowering of inflation in December and the average inflation for 2018.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 23:09:01 +0000
Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Saturday called on the Duterte administration to produce “tangible results” this year to ease poverty.
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