High spirits over cooling inflation spilled over to Wednesday, with the local stock barometer drawing closer to the 6,400 ...

THE implementation of a new rice policy and sticky inflation may give the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reason to “rethink its easing cycle,” according to economists. The Department of Agriculture ...

HEADLINE INFLATION could pick up again in the remaining months after hitting a near six-year low in July but still remain within target, which would still give way to further policy easing by the ...

This week saw a number of good reports in public finance and price stabilization published in BusinessWorld: “Government rightsizing bill signed into law” (Aug. 5), “DBM reluctant to reenact ‘most ...

The Philippines will suspend rice imports for 60 days from Sept. 1 to support local farmers, a move that could further pressure global prices as the top buyer of the grain pulls back from the market.

The Philippine stock market closed higher Wednesday amid growing hopes of a possible rate cut this month after a ...

Malacañang has welcomed the decline in the country's inflation, saying that it was a direct result of the government's ...

The move may add to a global surplus that has already pulled Asia’s benchmark rice price to an eight-year low. Read more at ...

MANILA – Inflation cooled to below 1 percent in July, marking its weakest pace in nearly six years, as rice prices plunged to a record low and gains in utility costs moderated. The consumer price ...

Inflation cooled to below 1 percent in July, marking its weakest pace in nearly six years, as rice prices plunged to a record low and gains in utility costs moderated. The consumer price index (CPI) ...