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                    [Title] => Oil prices to drop further this year
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The dip in oil prices will likely continue this year that could translate to faster domestic consumption growth, which is a big component of the Philippines’ economic output.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1213316 [AuthorName] => Carlo S. Lorenciana [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1396890 [Title] => Economists downgrade Phl growth forecast to below 6% [Summary] =>

Analysts, economists and fund managers have downgraded their Philippine economic growth forecasts this year to below six percent, well below the government’s 6.5-7.5 percent target range, due to a slowdown in third quarter performance.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1382450 [Title] => Maybank Kim Eng retains positive outlook on Phl stocks [Summary] =>

Maybank Kim Eng has kept a “positive” outlook on the local bourse despite a five-percent decline since the last week of September.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1438879 [AuthorName] => Kathleen A. Martin [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1368352 [Title] => Foreign banks see further rate hikes [Summary] =>

Extreme inflationary pressure from food prices and utilities, bottlenecks in supply, and an impending rate hike in the US will force the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to implement another round of rate increases in the next two quarters.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1364271 [Title] => Maybank sees 6.8% growth for Phl this year [Summary] =>

After the 6.4-percent growth rate in the Philippine economy in the second quarter of the year, Maybank ATR Kim Eng said it expects gross domestic product (GDP) to expand 68 percent by the end of the year.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 768686 [Title] => Index climbs to new record high on rate cut speculation [Summary] =>

The local stock index rose to a new record high yesterday on expectations the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is set to cut interest rates leading to more demand for loans and big purchases.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 548395 [Title] => Bank earnings seen to grow 8.7% this year [Summary] =>

Singapore-based ATR KimEng Securities Inc. sees bank earnings growing by an average of 8.7 percent this year on the back of improving lending growth over the past few months.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 514754 [Title] => Low consumption pattern shows Filipinos still wary of recession [Summary] =>

Investment and brokerage house ATR Kim Eng Securities Inc. said the lower private consumption pattern in the first half of the year despite the steady increase in the amount of money sent from overseas indicate that Filipinos are still wary of an economic recession.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 498943 [Title] => June imports show signs of recovery [Summary] =>

The country’s import performance began to show signs of recovery in June, posting the lowest annual contraction since October last year and marking the second consecutive month of improvement.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1690110 [AuthorName] => Rica Delfinado [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 452913 [Title] => News analysis: Overseas deployment can't fix Philippine laid-off problems for good [Summary] =>

MANILA (Xinhua) -- Relying on migration to solve the twin burden of poverty and unemployment is no longer an option for the Philippines, as the global economic crisis reduces demand not only for export goods but labor as well, analysts said.

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