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Peso expected to remain firm for rest of year

By Kathleen A. Martin | November 6, 2013 - 12:00am

The peso is expected to remain “firm” for the rest of the year on the back of the country’s strong macroeconomic fundamentals, a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) official said yesterday.

Business

The Meaning of Same-Sex Marriage

By Ralph Wedgwood | May 27, 2012 - 12:00am

It wasn’t long after President Obama’s statement earlier this month in support of same-sex marriage that the familiar debates on the issue began to flare again.

Freeman Opinion

P-Noy's economic team to review growth targets

July 1, 2010 - 7:00pm

President Benigno Aquino III ordered economic managers to revise macroeconomic assumptions of this year's budget, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said today.

DBCC sets more frequent review of macroeconomic assumptions

By Des Ferriols | April 28, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - The fluidity of global and domestic conditions is proving to be a challenge to both economic managers and monetary officials, forcing them to consider a more frequent review of the country’s...

Business

DBCC to revise 2006 economic assumptions

By Des Ferriols | February 2, 2006 - 12:00am

The Development Budget and Coordinating Committee (DBCC) will be revising its 2006 macroeconomic assumptions this month as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) earlier revised its key assumptions including inflation. The...

Business

Villar: Gov’t economic assumptions in ’06 budget unrealistic

By Christina Mendez | July 25, 2005 - 12:00am

Sen. Manuel Villar, chairman of the Senate committee on finance, has expressed concern that the macroeconomic assumptions used by the government for the 2006 national budget are unrealistic. The 2006 national budget,...

Headlines

BSP pushes for review of 2004 assumptions

By Des Ferriols | July 26, 2003 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is pushing for a review of next year’s macro-economic assumptions by the Development Budget Coordinating Committee (DBCC) to factor in the movements in the country’s...

Business