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Diokno: BSP not politicized

By Keisha Ta-Asan | May 28, 2024 - 12:00am

Former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Benjamin Diokno said the BSP was never politicized and especially not during his...

Business

Ralph Recto sworn in as new Secretary of Department of Finance

January 15, 2024 - 9:23am

House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto [link] was sworn in as the new Secretary of the Department of Finance on...

Stock Commentary

Recto in, Diokno out bilang DOF chief

By Gemma Garcia | January 12, 2024 - 12:00am

Manunumpa umano ngayong Biyernes si House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto bilang bagong kalihim ng Department of Finance, kapalit...

Bansa

New climate finance goal urgent – government

By Louise Maureen Simeon | December 5, 2023 - 12:00am

To guarantee climate actions, setting a new climate finance goal should not be delayed especially among vulnerable economies,...

Business

Government raises $1 billion from sukuk bonds

By Louise Maureen Simeon | December 1, 2023 - 12:00am

The Philippines managed to secure $1 billion from the international debt market via the maiden issuance of sukuk bonds as...

Business

Let’s keep the Department of Finance professional

By THE CORNER ORACLE | By Andrew J. Masigan | November 29, 2023 - 12:00am

Rumors are rife about a Cabinet reshuffle of key economic managers. One among those said to be replaced is Department of Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno. Word on the street is that his replacement is a politician,...

Opinion

Diokno expects lower-end GDP despite Q3 upswing

By Louise Maureen Simeon | November 28, 2023 - 12:00am

The country’s economic growth is poised to land in the lower range of the government’s year-end target despite...

Business

Interest rates already at their peak – Diokno

By Louise Maureen Simeon | November 7, 2023 - 12:00am

The benchmark interest rate in the Philippines is already at its peak, with the central bank expected to pause as inflation...

Business

Ben Diokno, Mr. Optimism

By VIRTUAL REALITY | By Tony Lopez | November 2, 2023 - 12:00am

Amid increasing global headwinds and unprecedented challenges to the Philippine economy, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno, the head of President Marcos Jr.’s economic team, seems to me, to be under siege...

Opinion

Philippines drops China loan for Mindanao railway

By Elijah Felice Rosales | October 26, 2023 - 12:00am

Infrastructure cooperation with China is starting to show cracks under the Marcos administration, as the Philippines withdrew...

Business