COVER STORY

Dominguez: PH is more than ready for the new normal and better normal

By Carlos G. Dominguez       Secretary of Finance (Keynote speech during Philippine Economic Briefing for Foreign Chambers, Nov.  26, 2021) Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno; Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez; Agriculture Secretary […]

COVER STORY

Banking and the financial system must go green

BSP is working with the World Bank and the World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines in conducting vulnerability assessment and stress testing exercises that will estimate the potential impact of climate risks on the banking […]

The Economy

ECONOMY STILL DEPENDENT ON PEOPLE’S SPENDING

ADB’s Asian Development Outlook 2018 report released April 11, 2018, projects 6.8 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for 2018, faster than the 6.7 percent rate in 2017. The economy will grow further, by 6.9 […]

Special Report

SHOCK AND AWE WITH TAXES

At the MOPC Finance Forum last Thursday (Sept. 21), Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez defined the three major goals of the Rodrigo Roa Duterte government – reduce poverty, reduce corruption, and reduce illegal drugs. “At the […]