The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has a positive outlook on the shape of the Philippine economy as fiscal year 2023 comes to an end. 

PH economy in ‘good shape’ in 2023

Packing products with smaller contents, or what is now called ‘shrinkflation’ is a form of deception for inflation.

Shrinkflation: Disguised inflation

House leaders have issued a stern warning to businesses engaging in illegal price hikes, as the lower chamber gears up for an investigation into price disparities in essential goods.

Crackdown on overpricing

EV Aggie Sector Growth On The Decline

TACLOBAN CITY — Eastern Visayas is maintaining its economic growth level on the 6-percent mark, the average in the past three years.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH

PH still has inadequate sugar supply

At a time when El Niño is battering sugar plantations in Negros Occidental (the sugar center of the country) and Batangas, the United States is enticing us to export our raw sugar when the country already faces the specter of a looming sugar shortage.

Why export raw sugar to US?

He is now on his third and last term but it seems that there is no stopping Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas from pushing the geopolitical and economic potentials of the province. 

Batangas: PH’s next logistics hub 

A first-quarter increase of .2 percent in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is so miniscule that it is nothing to crow about, as the private sector has pointed out, but it never fails to puzzle us by Secretaries Recto and Balisacan are boasting it as a positive development.


PH GDP grows by 5.7% in Q1

Eastern Visayas recorded a 3.6 percent inflation rate, placing 5th with the lowest inflation rate in the country, as reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in a recent Regional Press Conference.


EV Ranks 5th Lowest Inflation Rate

There’s still little to celebrate for the ordinary Filipino, such as these buying seafood along a “talipapa” in Malabon City. Despite official data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) claiming that the inflation rate for January decreased to 2.8 percent from the 3.9 percent reported in December 2023 – a far cry from the “all-time high” of 8.7 percent recorded in January 2023 – the fact remains that prices of many consumer goods still make it hard for Filipinos to budget their incomes. 

DESPITE EASING INFLATION, FILIPINOS STILL SUFFER

In a world where economic success stories often emerge from the most unexpected places, Singapore stands tall for prosperity, efficiency, and innovation. Richard Ker's recent Facebook post, reflecting on the economic impact of tourism highlighted by Taylor Swift's exclusive concert in the city-state, underscores the pivotal role tourism plays in Singapore's economic symphony.

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