economic stimulus

Bigger, Bolder Response Needed for Genuine Recovery
March 23, 2021

IBON Research Head on need for real stimulus, not Cha-cha
February 22, 2021

Shifting to MGCQ a short-sighted and desperate move without containing pandemic–IBON
February 18, 2021
Easing restrictions will not spur recovery without a real fiscal stimulus while risking the more rapid spread of COVID-19

IBON Praymer: Di maubus-ubos na sapin-saping krisis
February 6, 2021
Gumapang ang Pilipinas sa harap ng COVID-19. Dumating kasi ang pandemya na dati nang mahina ang pampublikong sistema sa kalusugan ng bansa. Tatlong taon na ring bumabagal ang ekonomiya, malawakan ang kakulangan sa trabaho, at malalim ang pinagtatakpang kahirapan.

Crisis upon crisis: 2021 Yearstarter Birdtalk highlights
January 23, 2021
It is important that the government acknowledge the enormity of the public health and economic crisis. This is necessary for the vital shift in attitude from business-as-usual to undertaking urgent COVID-19 response and long-term reforms.

2020 Yearender: Economic lessons from Jose Rizal
December 30, 2020
The worst economic collapse in Philippine history and in Southeast Asia is mainly due to the government’s stumbling pandemic response and lackluster economic measures in 2020. If, again, there is more bluster than action in 2021 then real recovery will be much farther away than it should be.

IBON Executive Director on Bayanihan 2 and CREATE
November 27, 2020
#MalalangEkonomiya #MayMagagawa #PeopleEconomics

CREATE is for big business more than MSME’s
November 26, 2020
The Duterte administration doesn’t really care to stimulate the economy and is still taking care of big business instead of the economy or the people.

Bayanihan 2 and 2021 budget leave millions of unemployed behind
September 3, 2020
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Millions of Filipinos and their families will continue to suffer for years without a genuine stimulus program overriding the misguided fiscal conservatism and reckless optimism of the economic managers.