Philippines's Portal
Briefing
you for business across the globe
|
| |
Country Briefings provides carefully
researched aggregated information covering the economy, stock market,
politics and corporate affairs.
These extracts are from the The Economy section of
Philippines's Briefings.
|
|
Extract from the Briefing covering the period 08/03/2005-25/04/2005
|
| Surging Oil Prices May Hurt 2005 Economic Growth
|
| The central bank on March 30th revised the country's current account surplus at US$2.08bn in 2004. The figure is less than half of the earlier reported US$5.36bn because the country changed its co...
|
|
|
|
You need Total Access
|
| |
|
|
Extract from the Briefing covering the period 26/01/2005-07/03/2005
|
| Moody's Downgrades Credit Rating
|
| Economic growth exceeded the government's original target of 4.9%-5.8% in 2004 by expanding 6.1%, its fastest pace of expansion in 15 years. Government economists said that the growth was broad-ba...
|
|
|
|
You need Total Access
|
| |
|
|
Extract from the Briefing covering the period 06/12/2004-25/01/2005
|
| Debt Ratings Cut by Standard & Poor's on Deficit Concerns
|
| In 2004 the agriculture sector grew 5.1% from 3.77% in the previous year. Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said that the strong growth in the grains and fisheries sectors contributed to improved farm ...
|
|
|
|
You need Total Access
|
| |
|
|
Extract from the Briefing covering the period 20/10/2004-05/12/2004
|
| Economy Continues to Perform Better than Expected
|
| The government announced that it would borrow more than originally planned from the overseas debt markets in '05, as it has assumed Ps200bn (US$3.5bn) in debt from state firm National Power Corp (...
|
|
|
|
You need Total Access
|
| |
|
|
Extract from the Briefing covering the period 02/09/2004-19/10/2004
|
| Manila Delays Balanced Budget Target to 2010
|
| The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on October 12th said that it does not expect inflation to decline to the original target of 4%-5% until the second half of 2005. The central bank said that the 4%-5% in...
|
|
|
|
You need Total Access
|
| |
|
|
Extract from the Briefing covering the period 20/07/2004-01/09/2004
|
| Economy Buoyant in Q2 but Forecast to Slow
|
| At the end of 2003 the country's total debt amounted to Ps3.36 trillion (US$60bn), 78% of GDP. Faced with falling revenues and poor tax collection, the budget deficit is forecast to hit about Ps20...
|
|
|
|
You need Total Access
|
| |
|
|
Extract from the Briefing covering the period 09/06/2004-19/07/2004
|
| Political Concerns Ease as Arroyo Embarks on New Six-Year Term
|
| The National Statistics Office reported that exports in May surged 15.3% y-o-y to US$3.26bn, an 18-month high. Key electronic exports, which accounted for 66.4% of the May total, were up 18.7% to US$2...
|
|
|
|
You need Total Access
|
| |
|
|
Extract from the Briefing covering the period 28/04/2004-09/06/2004
|
| Nation Waits for Confirmation of Arroyo's Re-Election
|
| Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri said on May 27th that despite rising oil prices the country is on track to hit the government's 4.9% to 5.8% economic growth target in 2004.
...
|
|
|
|
You need Total Access
|
| |
|
|
Collect
a Free
Introductory Briefing
(3
sections of a full briefing)
Select
the Country of
your choice.
|
|
Briefing
you for business across the globe
|
|
| Section(s) :
1
2
3
4
5
|
Page 1 of 5
Prev
|
Next
