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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)  had projected the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to rise 7.8 percent year-on-year in January while the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) estimated an eight-percent growth.


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The deal drew strong interest from local banks and onshore retail investors, with a few domestic companies, insurance firms, foreign fund managers and overseas banks also participating in the transaction, banking sources said. 


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                    [Title] => January imports plunge to lowest level in 7 years
                    [Summary] => The country recorded a sharply higher trade surplus in January  than it did a year ago, but imports for the month were at their lowest level in seven years, giving rise to fears a recovery in exports is still some way off.
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Inflation slows to 8.4% in January

By Rica Delfinado | February 5, 2005 - 12:00am

Consumer prices grew by a slower 8.4 percent in January following an 8.6-percent expansion in December due mainly to a slower growth in the prices of food, beverage and tobacco, the National Statistics Office...

Business

June exports up 4.2% to $3.06-B

By Rica Delfinado | August 5, 2003 - 12:00am

Merchandise exports ended two months of contraction, posting a higher-than-expected 4.2-percent improvement in June to $3.06 billion despite a slowdown in demand for key electronic products, the National Statistics...

Business

RP sells $200-M zero coupon bonds

By Des Ferriols | January 29, 2003 - 12:00am

The government sold $200 million of one-year, zero coupon bonds yesterday, raising the deal size from a planned $150 million, to refinance domestic borrowing and partly plug its bulging fiscal deficit. The deal...

Business

January imports plunge to lowest level in 7 years

By Rica Delfinado | March 20, 2002 - 12:00am

The country recorded a sharply higher trade surplus in January than it did a year ago, but imports for the month were at their lowest level in seven years, giving rise to fears a recovery in exports is still some...

Business