Diwa Guinigundo

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                    [Title] => How do you make sense of 4.2% inflation rate?
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                    [DatePublished] => 2021-02-10 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1720995
                    [AuthorName] => Rose Fres Fausto
                    [SectionName] => The Budgetarian
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                    [ArticleID] => 1931126
                    [Title] => Government steps up efforts to get ‘A’ credit rating
                    [Summary] => The government is ramping up efforts to address outstanding issues that would allow the Philippines to obtain the much coveted “A” rating from international credit raters.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-07-02 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1097197
                    [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [Title] => CA deficit swells in Q1; BSP sees record $10 B gap
                    [Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) now expects a record current account (CA) deficit of $10.1 billion this year, or 27.8 percent wider than the $7.9 billion shortfall recorded last year, as the gap swelled in the first quarter.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-06-15 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1097197
                    [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [Title] => Financial instruments tied to bank reserve requirements under review
                    [Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is now identifying the types of financial instruments to be covered by the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for banks in light of the recent amendments to the charter of the central bank.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-05-21 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1097197
                    [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili
                    [SectionName] => Banking
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                    [Title] => Philippines needs a ‘Catriona swirl’ for ‘A’ credit grade — Guinigundo
                    [Summary] => The Philippines should do a “Catriona swirl” in explaining the positive developments in the economy to get the attention of debt watchdogs and investors and to secure a credit upgrade, a central bank official said yesterday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-05-09 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero
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                    [Title] => BSP: Philippines should do 'Catriona swirl' to wow credit raters
                    [Summary] => The Philippines should do a "Catriona swirl" in explaining the positive developments in the economy to get the attention of debt watchdogs and investors and to secure a credit upgrade, a central bank official said yesterday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-05-08 16:22:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1805309
                    [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero
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                    [Title] => Liquidity normalizing, says BSP
                    [Summary] => Liquidity continues to normalize with the actual disbursement of the proceeds of the recent fund raising activities undertaken by the national government, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-05-05 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1097197
                    [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [Title] => External payments flow to remain positive — BSP
                    [Summary] =>  The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects the country’s external payments position to remain healthy amid the sustained inflows.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-04-24 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1097197
                    [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [Title] => BSP doubles term deposit volume as liquidity returns
                    [Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is slowly increasing the volume of one of its liquidity absorption facilities with the normalization of the amount of money circulating in the economy.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-04-22 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1097197
                    [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [Title] => Philippines incurs record $7.9 B current account deficit in 2018
                    [Summary] => The Philippines incurred a record current account (CA) deficit last year due to a wider trade deficit as a result of the massive infrastructure buildup being undertaken by the Duterte administration, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-03-16 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1097197
                    [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
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How do you make sense of 4.2% inflation rate?

By Rose Fres Fausto | February 10, 2021 - 12:00am

Last Friday, the latest inflation rate was announced and it was higher than expected.

The Budgetarian

Government steps up efforts to get ‘A’ credit rating

By Lawrence Agcaoili | July 2, 2019 - 12:00am

The government is ramping up efforts to address outstanding issues that would allow the Philippines to obtain the much coveted “A” rating from international credit raters.

Business

CA deficit swells in Q1; BSP sees record $10 B gap

By Lawrence Agcaoili | June 15, 2019 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) now expects a record current account (CA) deficit of $10.1 billion this year, or 27.8 percent wider than the $7.9 billion shortfall recorded last year, as the gap swelled in...

Business

Financial instruments tied to bank reserve requirements under review

By Lawrence Agcaoili | May 21, 2019 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is now identifying the types of financial instruments to be covered by the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for banks in light of the recent amendments to the charter of the central...

Banking

Philippines needs a ‘Catriona swirl’ for ‘A’ credit grade — Guinigundo

By Alexis Romero | May 9, 2019 - 12:00am

The Philippines should do a “Catriona swirl” in explaining the positive developments in the economy to get the attention of debt watchdogs and investors and to secure a credit upgrade, a central bank...

Business

BSP: Philippines should do 'Catriona swirl' to wow credit raters

By Alexis Romero | May 8, 2019 - 4:22pm

The Philippines should do a "Catriona swirl" in explaining the positive developments in the economy to get the attention of...

Business

Liquidity normalizing, says BSP

By Lawrence Agcaoili | May 5, 2019 - 12:00am

Liquidity continues to normalize with the actual disbursement of the proceeds of the recent fund raising activities undertaken...

Business

External payments flow to remain positive — BSP

By Lawrence Agcaoili | April 24, 2019 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects the country’s external payments position to remain healthy amid the sustained...

Business

BSP doubles term deposit volume as liquidity returns

By Lawrence Agcaoili | April 22, 2019 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is slowly increasing the volume of one of its liquidity absorption facilities with the...

Business

Philippines incurs record $7.9 B current account deficit in 2018

By Lawrence Agcaoili | March 16, 2019 - 12:00am

The Philippines incurred a record current account (CA) deficit last year due to a wider trade deficit as a result of the massive...

Business