House Speaker Ferdinand Martin RomualdezHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES / FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines The decrease in unemployment rates recorded in November 2024 is a positive development and a sign that the government is working to expand the countrys
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (File photo / Philippine Daily Inquirer) The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) would likely front-load all its rate cuts for 2025 in the first half in a bid to boost growth as soon as possible and insulate the country fro
Social Security System. INQUIRER PHOTO/GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE MANILA, Philippines Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Koko Pimentel III on Monday backed calls to suspend the scheduled increase in the monthly contributions of Social Security System (SSS) me
The number of felony assaults and rapes in New York City rose last year even as the overall crime rate fell, Jessica Tisch, the police commissioner, said on Monday. Shootings fell 7 percent last year compared with 2023, to 903, and there were 377 ho
Central Luzon. INQUIRER FILES OLONGAPO CITY The crime rate in Central Luzon decreased by 4.31 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to data from the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3). PRO3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan
Metro Manila skyline at night INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) logged a 10.62-percent decrease in the crime rate of Metro Manila in December 2024, it reported Wednesday. From 10,323 crimes rec
Clouds hang over the European Central Bank (ECB) building on September 14, 2023, ahead of the meeting of the governing council of the ECB in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / Agence France-Presse The next interest ra
benz game ‘Shallower’ rate cuts seen in 2025
2024-12-23INQUIRER FILE PHOTO Fewer rate cuts are likely on the table for the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) next year to give the country some protection from any unexpected flare-up in inflation amid persistent geopolitical tensions, analysts said. In a
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli Remolona. FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is open to delivering a fourth rate cut at its first meeting in 2025, Governor Eli Remolona Jr. said, adding that a