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The Philippine economy still performed at high gear in 2Q2010 as export recovery, national elections and reconstruction spending combined to pull up national output. At 7.9%, the country’s ...

It has only been a little over a month since Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III became president. Understandably, expectations still run high and market mood remains upbeat. The peaceful ...

Mixed Reviews. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III made his first state-of-the-nation address (SONA) yesterday as the Philippines’ brand new president. Delivered in the native language, ...

Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III took his oath as the 15th President of the Philippines last June 30 marking a new era after nine scandal-laced years under the previous regime. The young ...

In our recently issued monthly report, we talked about the Philippines’ astonishing 7.3% growth in the first quarter, the sharpest bounce back ever from a downturn. To our own forecast,

The Philippine economy is facing new headwinds with the sovereign-debt crisis that started in Greece putting downside pressure on European growth. The risks seem to be small for as ...

No, the sky did not fall, and save for the long lines and scorching heat, national elections went smoothly to everyone’s pleasant surprise, with automation glitches affecting less ...

GLITCHES: Technical glitches marred the test run of vote machines Tuesday, leading to renewed fears of election failure (i.e. no proclaimed president by June 30). These have also ...

As we enter into the homestretch to the May 2010 national elections, the sentiment is a tug-of-war between hope and fear. With politics rather than economics foremost in market players’ ...

The current electricity shortage in the country is stirring up memories of the power crisis in the early 1990s. Unlike the earlier crisis however, power outages today are due largely ...

With more than 60 days to go before the May 10 elections, the presidential contest still looks too close to call. An expected tight race, where narrow margins require a wider count ...

Faced with the prospect of a P293-billion budget gap and further revenue erosion due to tax exemption features of various new laws, the successful pricing this morning of government’s ...

GDP grew by 1.8% in 4Q09 for full-year growth of 0.9% in line with our expectations as reflected in our last quarterly outlook report. While this is the Philippines’ weakest economic ...

How will 2010 be like for the Philippines? Rather than saying it would be a fabulous tiger year, anyone with facility in the Chinese language would probably quip “ma-ma-hu-hu” — literally ...

We are at the end of 2009 and as a sort of tradition that we started last year when we interviewed central bank governor, Amando Tetangco, we again give the last word to a person that ...