philippine news

Feb 8, 20091

Protect women — CHR

by Joel dela Torre
from People’s Journal

MARKING the United Nations Day for Women and International Peace today, the Commission on Human Rights called on government to improve protection and programs for the rights… Read the rest

Jan 21, 20090

IMF’s Strauss-Kahn sees sharp cuts in growth forecasts

from ITUC-CSI

LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund will sharply cut growth forecasts this month and the world will not return to strong growth for two or three years, IMF Managing-Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Wednesday.

“Things… Read the rest

Dec 28, 20080

A puzzling economy

Cielito Habito
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines – Ever notice how our economy has been behaving strangely lately? The latest strange (but welcome) behavior is how job generation based on the last two quarterly Labor Force Surveys (July and… Read the rest

Dec 17, 20080

Govt sets P300-B ‘sustainability plan’

Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines – The government has set a P300-billion “sustainability plan” to fuel economic growth and to protect and generate jobs in the face of the global economic crisis, the full impact of which is expected… Read the rest

Dec 6, 20080

PCCI expects economy to grow 3%-4.2% in 2009

Ma. Elisa P. Osorio
Philippine Star

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) said the economy will only grow by three to 4.2 percent next year while exports are expected to increase by only five to eight percent.… Read the rest

Dec 5, 20080

RP seen to post slower growth of 1.8% in 2009

Des Ferriols
Philippine Star

The economy is expected to grow by a slower 1.8 percent in 2009, with exports actually expected to contract by one percent and government deficit rising to 2.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).

Latest… Read the rest

Dec 3, 20080

PC shipments to grow just 3.8 percent in 2009

Erica Ogg
cnet News

Analysts are readjusting their expectations for the PC industry next year, and it’s not looking good.

On Wednesday, IDC released an updated forecast for the number of PCs expected to be shipped next year. In… Read the rest

Dec 2, 20081

How long, how deep is the US recession?

Rob Lever
Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON, United States — The United States officially joined the ranks of the recession-hit economies, but debate is still raging on how long and how deep the downturn will be.

The Business Cycle Dating Committee… Read the rest

Nov 30, 20080

Financial markets: Growing unpaid debts

Aurelio O. Angeles
Philippine Daily Inquirer

(Conclusion)

WHAT DOES it mean to the people of the United States when their economy’s current account has been on deficit not just for a year, but for 31 years?

Here are thoughts… Read the rest

Nov 30, 20080

Global crisis: Costs and responses

Cielito Habito
Philippine Daily Inquirer

THE THIRD QUARTER GDP growth figures are out, and the numbers are as everyone expected. The economy has slowed down in the face of the shocks from abroad, and what kept it from slowing… Read the rest

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