The national government's budget deficit saw a 15.6-percent increase in June 2025 to P241.6 billion from P209.1 billion a ...

Developing Asia and the Pacific’s growth forecasts are cut to 4.7% in 2025 and 4.6% in 2026 from April. Front-loading of exports and solid domestic demand boosted growth in the first quarter of 2025, ...

Yesterday, the broadsheets reported the approval by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. of the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026. Unfortunately, only the headline figures are available as ...

The country's higher investors relations score signifies the Philippines’ efforts to provide investors and credit rating ...

The second half of 2025 could start off with a bang for fiscal policy as the Senate faces a July 4 deadline to pass the "Big Beautiful Bill" tax and spending bill.

Semiannual Monetary Policy Report To Congress In outlining the current economic situation and outlook, Chair Powell commented how the labor market was solid, with the unemployment rate at 4.2%.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the changes could touch the central bank's quarterly economic forecasts. He also discussed downsizing at the Fed and his tenure on the board of governors.

The Federal Reserve's monetary policy is "moderately restrictive, and I think that's appropriate," Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker said in a broadcast interview on Friday.

While the Fed is not totally independent — Congress rightly sets its goals and approves its top personnel — fiscal policymakers should not pressure monetary policymakers to make borrowing ...

The International Monetary Fund’s latest Philippine Country Report, published in 2024, estimates that with the right policy directions, the Philippine economy could potentially sustain growth rates ...

Drivers of imbalances include national saving habits, policy-induced distortions, capital market openness, exchange rate regimes, demographics, and more. Fiscal, monetary, exchange rate, and ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday that the central bank is working to separate “the signal from the noise” in order to formulate its monetary policy amid a flurry of new ...