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Chief economist update: Build, build, and build some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... last year. Now it's back! The jury's still out on whether or not tokhang impacted - for better or worse - the Philippine economy significantly. Latest data show that GDP growth slowed to 6.7% in 2017 from 6.9% in the previous year. This remained inside ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... external trade. Despite the widening trade gap and 15 straight months of year-on-year contraction in exports, the Philippine economy expanded by a stronger than expected 7.0% in the year to the June quarter from 6.8% in the first quarter. The fastest ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... Thailand (0.5%); Malaysia (5.1%); Indonesia (5.7%). Who's the "Sick Man of Asia" now? Increased optimism over the Philippine economy is clearly apparent in the performance of its stock market. The PSE index has soared by 16.8%this year to date. This ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... programme sooner-rather-than-later, the Philippines weathered them all better than most other countries. The Philippine economy had been growing above 7% over the past four quarters and its government debt declining steadily from 71.4% of GDP back in ...
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