Tag: gross domestic product (GDP)
Govt infrastructure spending to exceed 2023 target
Driven by the government's “Build, Better, More” program, infrastructure spending is expected to exceed the government's target this year,
Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation chief economist Michael...
Mobile phone users in Bangladesh almost 184 million
The total number of Bangladesh's mobile phone users is close to nearly 184 million at the end of March this year, showed the latest...
Diokno: PH on track to achieve of 6 to 7%...
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said that the Philippines is on track to achieving its growth targets as the economy sustained its growth momentum in...
BSP sees no negative impact on economy from rate hikes
The sustained hikes in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) key rates are not expected to negatively impact domestic growth this year, Bangko Sentral...
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...
Senate finally ratifies RCEP trade agreement
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was finally ratified by the Senate on Tuesday with a vote of 20-1-1.
RCEP was ratified through Senate Resolution 485 passed on...
European bank cuts growth forecast for emerging regions
Because of high inflation and gas prices, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Thursday cut its growth forecast for 2023 in...
