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GDP growth slows to 3.7% in 2011

By Iris Gonzales | January 31, 2012 - 12:00am

The economy grew by only 3.7 percent last year, below the lower end of the revised target range of 4.5 percent to 5.5 percent for 2011, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) reported yesterday.

Business

Economy likely grew faster in Q4 - Paderanga

By Iris Gonzales | January 17, 2012 - 12:00am

The Philippine economy likely grew faster in the fourth quarter of last year compared to the 3.2 percent expansion recorded in the previous quarter, Socioeconomic Secretary Cayetano Paderanga Jr. said yesterday...

Business

Top-mind experts face odds in bridge

By Gerry Carpio | November 12, 2011 - 12:00am

At one row of the Singapore Airlines flight bound for Palembang, three men in their 40s and 50s were making bids with their hearts and clubs. The game, of course, was theoretical – from memory – because...

Sports

Philippine GDP grows 4.9% in Q1

May 30, 2011 - 11:11am

The Philippine economy posted a modest 4.9 percent growth in the first quarter on back of the slowdown in global trade and weaker government spending, government officials announced Monday.

Phl national accounts set for another round of revision

By Iris Gonzales | May 15, 2011 - 12:00am

The Aquino administration may implement another round of revision and rebasing in the national accounts to address issues and problems arising from the earlier changes.

Business

Government urged to take steps to absorb returning OFWs from Middle East, Japan

By Iris Gonzales | April 18, 2011 - 12:00am

The political turmoil in the Middle East and the nuclear crisis in Japan are likely to translate to high unemployment rate in the country with a high number of overseas Filipinos expected to return to the Phili...

Business

Phl economy grows at fastest pace in 24 years

January 31, 2011 - 12:30pm

The Philippine economy has galloped to its highest annual growth in more than two decades, expanding 7.3 percent in 2010 on strong foreign trade and election spending.

Personal consumption expenses in RP rise to P1.152 trillion in 2009

By Iris Gonzales | September 11, 2010 - 12:00am

The country’s personal consumption expenditures (PCE), which comprised 80.5 percent of total expenditures, rose slightly in 2009 from the previous year’s level, National Statistical Coordination Board...

Business

Economy expands 7.9% in first half

By Iris Gonzales | August 27, 2010 - 12:00am

The economy recorded its best half-year economic growth in 22 years as confidence returned following smooth national elections.

Business

High healthcare costs burden most Filipinos, says NSCB

By Iris Gonzales | August 15, 2010 - 12:00am

The high cost of health care in the country remains a burden for many Filipinos as seen in the decelerating growth rates of their health spending.

Business