Premium pricing
CAN A REGULAR SERVICE or product be enhanced with upscale features and sold at a premium price? This has already been a tradition in spectator events like theater, concerts, …
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Syria’s economy and its reliance on drug money
Will the $6bn trade in the illegal drug captagon that funded the Assad dictatorship be disrupted now he’s gone?As US inflation creeps up, we hear from businesses daring to …
Yields on central bank’s term deposits inch down
TERM DEPOSIT yields went down on Wednesday as markets priced in the latest Philippine headline inflation data and amid a stronger peso. The BSP’s term deposit facility (TDF) attracted …
Popular Economics Weekly: Why Another Gilded Age?
Financial FAQs “I remember ’29 very well … the drugged and happy faces of people who built paper fortunes on stocks they couldn’t possibly have paid for. … In …
Regulator OKs NGCP’s P2.6-B Tarlac substation project
THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines’ (NGCP) P2.59-billion Capas 230-kilovolt (kV) substation project. The regulator said that the load growth in …
InLife liberalizes underwriting rules for greater access to financial protection
Insular Life (InLife) announced that it is making changes to its underwriting guidelines to ease and expedite the insurance application process and make life insurance more accessible to Filipinos. …
OECD urges Philippine market regulators to ease listing requirements
REGULATORS should consider easing requirements for listing in the Philippine stock market, as well as reducing fees, to encourage more companies to go public, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation …
‘Butter’ holidays
THERE’S nothing like a morning that starts off with a cup of coffee and bread with butter. We’re lining up some of our new butter discoveries, perfect for adding …
ADB keeps PHL growth forecasts for 2024, 2025
THE ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) has kept its Philippine economic growth forecasts for this year and 2025, with expansion expected to be driven by easing inflation and lower interest …
Crypto, Investment, and Intrinsic Value
Crypto doesn’t have intrinsic value; neither does paper money and neither does gold. A friend who regularly reads both the Financial Times and my posts on EconLog and on …