(FILES) Signage for Moody's Corporation is displayed at their headquarters at 7 World Trade Center on March 18, 2025 in New York City. The United States lost its last triple-A credit rating from a major agency on May 16, 2025 as Moody's announced a downgrade, citing rising levels of government debt and dealing a blow to Donald Trump's narrative of economic strength and prosperity. The downgrade to Aa1 from Aaa adds to the bad news for the US president, coming on the same day his flagship spending bill failed to pass a key vote in Congress due to opposition from several Republican fiscal hawks. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
Consumer prices in the Philippines rose 7.2 percent in September from a year earlier, led by rice, vegetables, and fuel, the Philippine Statistics Authority said.
The Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office now expects the Philippine economy to grow 3.3 percent in 2026, below the government's target and the Southeast Asian average.
Toshiba wants to grow its Philippine hard disk drive manufacturing to meet storage demand from AI and cloud computing, a move Malacañang says could add 3,000 jobs.
Cesar E.A. Virata, who served as prime minister from 1981 to 1986 and as finance chief for 16 years, has died. He was corporate vice chairperson of RCBC.