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Jobless rate moderated to 5.5% in April

Unemployment rate eased to 5.5 percent in April from 5.7 percent a year ago, as more people found jobs during the period, according to...

First day a success, DepEd insists

The first day of classes for the school year 2018-2019 was generally peaceful and successful, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said Monday. “Our assessment here"•and many...

Excise taxation perpetuates wealth maldistribution

There is no country in this world where wealth is distributed equally among its citizens, with the degree of wealth disparity varying widely...

Coconut exports hit $2.27-billion in 2017

Coconut exports jumped 33 percent last year to $2.27 billion from $1.7 billion in 2016, data from the United Coconut Association of the Philippines...

Palace: Economic growth inspiring amid price hikes

Malacañang on Thursday expressed confidence that, despite the rising inflation, the Philippine economy will continue to grow as shown by the latest report saying...

Philippine economy grows 6.8%, one of the fastest in Asia

The country’s gross domestic product expanded 6.8 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, making it one of the fastest expanding economies in Asia, on...

Exports sank 8% to $5.5-billion in March

Trade deficit widened to $2.6 billion in March, as exports sank for the third straight month this year and imports barely grew, data from...

PSA opens satellite office in Ayala Malls Muntinlupa

The Philippine Statistics Authority (formerly National Statistics Office) has transferred its office in Starmall Alabang to the Ayala Malls–South Park in Alabang, Muntinlupa City. The...

Unemployment, high prices spurt

HEADLINE inflation continued to move at a faster rate of 4.5 percent last April, as against 4.3 percent March and 3.2 percent in April...

April inflation reached over 5-year high of 4.5%

INFLATION rate in April further accelerated to a more than five-year high of 4.5 percent from 4.3 percent in March using the new 2012...

Manufacturing grew by 13.6% in March

FACTORY output in March 2018 rose 13.6 percent from a 12.3-percent expansion a year ago, driven mainly by the robust growth in nine production...

‘Job insecurity produces more self-employed’

A SIGNIFICANT increase among self-employed women sends a signal of caution for the general condition of labor in the country, according to the Center...

Hard Labor

Laborers endure the pain and hardship in working under the heat of the sun to earn a decent salary at the ongoing construction building...

People need reassurance on inflationary trend

What happens to consumer prices merits the highest priority in economic policymaking. After all, consumption spending accounts for approximately two-thirds of this country’s GDP...
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