Recent reports indicate good reasons to be optimistic about the future of the Philippine economy. The Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028 assumes an annual growth rate of 6.5 to 8 percent for ...

THE Philippines’ attainment of upper-middle-income status is an important milestone in its economic development. This achievement has also opened up new possibilities for the country and its partners, ...

The Philippine economy grew by 5.4 percent in the first quarter of 2025. While this marks an improvement over the previous quarter, it also points to concerning trends that require close examination.

The plan to amend certain economic provisions of the 1987 Philippine Constitution is proceeding, with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. announcing his preference to hold a plebiscite during ...

A National Framework for Industrial Development, Productive Resilience, and the Transition from Fibre to Global Lifestyle MANILA, PHILIPPINES, June 24, 2026 ...

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has released its 2025 Economic Impact Research (EIR) forecast, highlighting the anticipated growth of the Philippines' Travel & Tourism sector. The sector is ...

Since the early 2010s until before the Covid-19 pandemic, the Philippines enjoyed what can now be called a growth acceleration. From an average real gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 2.81 percent ...

Nine Philippine cities, led by Manila at 174th, feature in Oxford Economics' 2026 Global Cities Index, as Asia-Pacific cities expand their challenge to Western economic dominance.

As the World Bank classified the Philippines among upper-middle-income economies, the country’s realized foreign investment net flows are plummeting while growth has plunged. What’s going on? As the ...

The Philippines doesn’t need to tighten monetary policy further, the nation’s economic planning chief said on Friday, pushing back against the central bank’s hawkish bias. “I look at our neighbors, ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine seafaring industry is proving itself to be an “economic powerhouse” that contributed as much as P1.06 trillion into the economy in 2024, with the potential to add ...

MANILA—The percentage of people living below the poverty line in the Philippines has narrowed only slightly, despite robust growth of the Philippine economy over the last few years, according to the ...