Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) of select ASEAN economies, March 2025 – BusinessWorld Online
FACTORY ACTIVITY in the Philippines unexpectedly contracted for the first time in 19 months in March, as manufacturers cut output amid uncertainty surrounding US tariff policies. Read the full story.
The basic literacy rate among those five years old and older Filipinos was estimated at 90%, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported, citing data from latest survey results. According to the PSA’s 2024 Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS),
A stall sells assorted varieties of rice inside a market in Quezon City. PHOTO BY MIGUEL DE GUZMAN, The Philippine StarBy Aubrey Rose A. Inosante, Reporter Inflation eased to its lowest annual rate in nearly five years in March, as
How financial institutions determine creditworthiness - BusinessWorld Online Creditworthiness is how a lender judges if a borrower can and will repay a loan. Aaron