Economy challenges

https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2024/07/23/2372159/phls-four-major-problems

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https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/07/22/2371921/inflation-still-top-concern-most-pinoys

https://www.philstar.com/business/2024/07/17/2370647/biz-groups-push-approval-21-economic-measures

Business chambers identify 21 pending bills as priorities

https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2024/07/14/2370019/gdp-increase-vs-reducing-inequality

by ABS-CBN News, Mar 5, 2019 https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/03/05/19/world-bank-study-shows-ph-economy-hampered-by-lack-of-competition A new study by the World Bank showed lack of competition in the Philippine market continues to hamper the country’s economic growth. But the Philippine antitrust body insists, reforms are already underway to address the issue of monopolies in key markets. – Business Nightly, ANC, March 4, 2019

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By: Roy Stephen C. Canivel , Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 04, 2019 Pro-competition reforms in critical services sectors could annually add at least P26.8 billion to the Philippine economy, the World Bank said in a report released on Monday.

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The global economy faces three big challenges, said Tao Zhang, a deputy managing director for the International Monetary Fund.

Central banks’ ultra-loose monetary policy is putting the world economy at risk, said William White, a senior adviser to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

This article is published in collaboration with Project Syndicate. January is usually expected to be a good month for stock markets, with new money gushing into investment funds, while tax-related selling abates at the end of the year. Although the data on investment returns in the United States actually show that January profits have historically…

Almost all Filipinos want their president to succeed. Only politics makes it difficult to see through this basic fact. Significant success of the president momentously moves the nation forward.

After the euphoria-inducing investment-grade rating given to the Philippines during the Lenten break, a string of not-so-good news has hit the economic front. Foreign direct investments—or money that goes into productive undertakings like tourism, agriculture, or industrial projects—registered a net inflow of $576 million in January, down by nearly half from $1.05 billion posted in…

Widespread corruption, not only in government but also in the business sector, is a stumbling block that keeps the economy from growing, business leaders and analysts said at the 1st Integrity Summit Wednesday.

Prices of commodities including petroleum are beginning to spike upward again, which could derail global economic recovery and affect growth in the Philippines, according to economists.