Jobless rate edges up to 4.5% in Sept
UNEMPLOYMENT marginally rose in September from August, picking up to 4.5 percent from 4.4 percent, but was still an improvement from the 5 percent recorded a year earlier.
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Inflation slows in October
MANILA, Philippines — For the first time in three months, inflation eased in October mainly on slower increase in food prices, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
Govt confident poverty to decline
THE Marcos administration is confident it can bring down the poverty rate to 9 percent by 2028, Malacañang said Thursday.
Higher poverty rate attributed to typhoons’ impact on prices
MANILA, Philippines — The higher percentage of Filipino families who considered themselves as poor is linked to the recent typhoons that raised food prices, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said yesterday, as it assured the public that the government remains focused on reducing poverty incidence to nine percent by 2028.
Philippines inflation likely eased in October – think tank
MANILA, Philippines — Inflation in the Philippines likely eased in October with the reversal in rice price hikes expected to have kicked in, UK-based think tank Pantheon Macroeconomics said.
Supply-side inflation does not need monetary response — NEDA chief
MANILA, Philippines — Supply-side driven inflation does not need a monetary response from the monetary board (MB), National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said.
Philippines, UN sign 5-year cooperation framework
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and the United Nations signed on Tuesday a new five-year cooperation framework, which will help address major development challenges besetting the country.
UN, Philippines sign new partnership for sustainable development
MANILA, Philippines — The United Nations and the Philippine government signed Tuesday a document outlining the UN’s plan of action to drive the nation toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.