Market Blueprint
The latest weekly roundup of market insights, corporate news, and financial trends.
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Issue 8: Oct 17, 2025
The Philippine jobless rate fell to 3.9% in August from 5.3% in the previous month, signaling continued improvement in the labor market.
Issue 7: Oct 9, 2025
The national government’s debt service payments soared to ₱664.7 billion in August 2025, over three times higher than a year earlier, largely due to t...
Issue 6: Oct 1, 2025
Filipino consumers grew less pessimistic in Q3 2025, with confidence improving due to higher income, additional earners in households, and expectation...
Issue 5: Sept 22, 2025
Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) affirmed the Philippines’ investment-grade “A-" rating with a stable outlook, citing the country’s strong and sustain...
Issue 4: Sept 18, 2025
Unemployment in June rose to a three-year high of 5.3 percent, up from 4.74 percent in the same period last year, as extreme weather conditions disrup...
Issue 3: Sept 10, 2025
The Philippines' gross international reserves (GIR) rose to US$105.9 billion in August 2025 from US$105.4 billion in July, driven by higher global gol...
Issue 2: Sept 5, 2025
The BSP expects August 2025 inflation to range between 1.0% and 1.8% with upward pressure from higher food, electricity, fuel, and peso depreciation p...
Issue 1: Aug 29, 2025
The balance of payments (BOP) posted a US$167 million deficit in July 2025, reversing the US$62 million surplus a year earlier, as the national govern...