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The country’s budget deficit rose by 26.56 percent to P76.7 billion as of February due to higher expenditures by the national government, data from the Bureau o

SINGAPORE: South-East Asia’s new leaders risk blowing past budget constraints to make good on costly campaign promises of cash handouts and free lunches, increasing the risks to their prized investment-grade ratings.

Foreign investments in the Philippines continue to grow as President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. successfully pitches the country to world leaders during his overseas trips. "My primary interest is to try and make our country an investment-friendly place," said President Marcos in an earlier statement. Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo…

Singapore's central bank left its monetary policy unchanged at the first policy meeting of the year as inflation is estimated to fall and the economic growth is expected to pick up this year.

Singapore's central bank left its monetary policy unchanged at the first policy meeting of the year as inflation is estimated to fall and the economic growth is expected to pick up this year.

(RTTNews) - Singapores central bank left its monetary policy unchanged at the first policy meeting of the year as inflation is estimated to fall ...

(RTTNews) - Indonesias central bank kept its policy rates unchanged, as widely expected, at the first meeting of the year. The Board of Governor...

Indonesia's central bank kept its policy rates unchanged, as widely expected, at the first meeting of the year. The Board of Governors of Bank Indonesia, led by Governor Perry Warjiyo, decided to hold the seven-day reverse repo rate at 6.

MANILA :The Philippine central bank kept its benchmark interest rate steady at 6.50 per cent for a second straight meeting on Thursday as price pressures have started to ease, but said policy would have to stay "sufficiently tight" to bring inflation back to target. All but one of the 24 economists in a Dec.

MANILA (Reuters) -- The Philippine central bank kept its benchmark interest rate steady at 6.50% for a second straight meeting on Thursday as price pr