Tag: Philippine economy
Poverty due to weak engines of growth
Abril 2, 2026
Highest joblessness since 2022 due to economy’s structural defects
Marso 15, 2026
The Marcos Jr administration needs to acknowledge and urgently address these problems, which cannot be reduced to last year’s corruption controversies and will only worsen as global oil shocks bear down in the coming months.
Agriculture, the crisis the government won’t talk about
Pebrero 27, 2026
FEATURES
Philippine agriculture is suffering, but government planners barely talk about this now.
EDSA is Every Day, One Battle After Another
Pebrero 24, 2026
COMMENTARY
Forty years is a long time—long enough to reshape memory. Yet there is no doubting the enduring relevance of EDSA.
Why interest cuts won’t cut it
Pebrero 24, 2026
FEATURES
Until the Marcos Jr administration’s economic policies cut to the heart of the matter, interest rate cuts really just won’t cut it.
Walang Usad
Pebrero 18, 2026
Nagbabayad naman tayo ng buwis nang tama, pero tayo rin ang nagbabayad sa mga maling desisyon ng pamahalaan. Hindi sana tayo nagdudusa sa ngayon at namamatayan ng mga pangarap sa traffic.
IBON Executive Director on impeachment cases dismissal
Pebrero 5, 2026
Can we trust a presidency and Congress that thrives on pork barrel to be concerned that their economic policies are what’s best for the people?
Isn’t corruption stupid?
Enero 18, 2026
FEATURES
The Philippines’ central problem isn’t simply that rules are broken. It’s that the economy produces too little of what Filipinos need.
The paradox of lower inflation, higher prices under Marcos
Enero 16, 2026
Addressing inflation in a meaningful way requires confronting its structural roots rather than stubbornly relying on short-term or market-oriented fixes.