PBB’s income surges to P768 million in 3rd quarter
PHILIPPINE Business Bank (PBB) saw its net income jump by 177.73% in the third quarter, driven mainly by trading gains. The bank’s net earnings grew to P767.64 million in …
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Fed easing cycle to encourage EM issuers to tap debt markets
EMERGING MARKETS (EM) like the Philippines will be able to tap into debt markets and further cut rates amid improved liquidity conditions due to the US central bank’s easing …
World Business Report, 4 Nov The US, economics and an important election · BBC
As Americans prepare to go to the polls, Will Bain is joined by the BBC’s Economics Editor Faisal Islam to discuss what the US election means for both the …
Rice inflation seen to further ease
THE CONTINUED DECLINE in rice prices, which typically accounts for nearly half of overall inflation, is set to pave the way for further monetary easing, analysts said. Source link
Conceived in Liberty or Conceived in Sin? Exploitation and Modern Prosperity
Economics in One Lesson author Henry Hazlitt said that good ideas must be re-learned every generation. As I tell my economic history students, we’re contending for the values of …
Freedom and the Lawmakers – Econlib
A Book Review of Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law, by Neil Gorsuch and Janie Nitze. Liberties, Thomas Hobbes wrote, “depend on the silence of the …
Thinking: Both Fundamental and Misunderstood
In his 2017 Nobel lecture, University of Chicago Professor Richard Thaler focused on how his native discipline, economics, lost its analytical way when economists founded their theories on methodological …
Feeling Lucky? – Econlib
My appointment at Washington University was in the sociology department. During the autumn of my fourth year, I ran into a social work faculty friend of mine in the …
The “Opportunity” to Get Cancer
Art Carden has written a terrific article this morning on the huge economic progress we have made in the last 2 centuries. It’s “Conceived in Liberty or Conceived in …
DA expects lower palay output this year due to bad weather
THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) on Monday said palay (unmilled rice) production likely declined this year due to the damage caused by El Niño-induced droughts and several strong typhoons. …