Tag: Benjamin Diokno
Diokno sees resilient economic growth this year
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said domestic growth this year is seen to remain resilient, with the assumption of an expansion of between 6 percent...
Marcos approves Landbank-DBP merger
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday supports the plan to merge the state-controlled Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) and Development Bank of the...
Govt to push infrastructure flagship projects
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said the government intends to keep infrastructure spending a above 5 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), he told...
DOF: Close to 10m households to receive P500 for two months
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Tuesday said that the Marcos Administration will be doling out P500 for 2 months to some 9.3 million households,...
Govt insists PH employment improving
The government insists that the country’s employment situation is improving as evidenced by the 4.3-percent unemployment rate in December, the lowest ince April 2005...
Marcos, PH delegation departs for working visit to Japan
The Philippine delegation consisting of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., the economic team led by Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno, and key private sector representatives...
BSP sees PH economy regaining post-pandemic vigor in 2022
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno forecasts
the Philippine economy regaining its previous vigor starting in the
last quarter of 2022.
“On the aggregate level,...
Inflation hits 4.9 percent in August
Rate of price increases accelerated to its fastest since January 2019
at 4.9 percent last August but the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
maintains that inflation...
