Economic outlook

Security Bank Corp. holds its 2022 Economic Forum where economists and analysts share their outlook on the local and global economy against a backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war, the COVID-19 aftermath and the upcoming 2022 Philippine national elections. Joining the forum are (from top left, clockwise) SBC chief economist Robert Dan Roces; Dr. Cielito Habito, chairman of economic think tank Brain Trust Inc. and a professor at the Ateneo de Manila University; Akihiro Sato, chief economist and managing director and head of the economic research office at MUFG Bank Ltd.; and Prof. Victor Andres Manhit, founder and managing director of international research organization Stratbase Group.