Despite the surprising hold on policy rates last month, we expect the BSP to cut rates by 75bp to 5% in 2025. Weaker external ...

Everyone did everything to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. But did you know how Filipino families managed ...

More Filipino families were choosing to rent spaces rather than own homes, a “notable shift” that was more common among ...

A STRONGER dollar helped reduce the country's external debt last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said late on ...

POSITIVE earnings results and continued peso gains could lift the stock market in a week that will also see if the US Federal ...

FILIPINO households showed a strong inclination towards asset accumulation, increased financial savings and reduced debt ...

ECONOMIC uncertainty during the pandemic prompted Filipino households to prioritize savings over incurring debt, leading to a significant decline in 2021, according to a nationwide survey by the ...

The Philippines’s external debt reached an all-time high of $137.63 billion by end-December 2024, as the government and the private sector borrowed more to meet their liquidity requirements, according ...

The country’s foreign debt slipped slightly to $137.63 billion in end-December 2024 after hitting an all-time high of $139.64 billion in September, mainly due to the appreciation of the dollar against ...

It was interesting to read the findings of the 2021 Consumer Finance Survey (CFS) conducted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) from March 31, 2022 to Dec. 11, 2022, which were released last ...

THE PHILIPPINES’ outstanding external debt rose by nearly 10% year on year as of end-2024, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

THE PHILIPPINES’ services trade slumped in 2024 as exports grew at a much slower pace than imports, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. Preliminary central bank data showed the ...