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Source:Philippines GDP-Real Growth Rate-Economy(www.indexmundi.com) [3] According to World Bank Country Director Motoo Konishi, the Philippines had become a "rising tiger" in East Asia. However, at the same time, during the 2010–2011 fiscal year, the increase in the wealth of the richest families in the Philippines, amounting to 47.39% ...
The economy of the Philippines is an emerging market, and considered as a newly industrialized country in the Asia-Pacific region. [31] In 2024, the Philippine economy is estimated to be at ₱26.55 trillion ($471.5 billion), making it the world's 32nd largest by nominal GDP and 13th largest in Asia according to the International Monetary Fund.
Poverty in the Philippines has been linked to bad governance, corruption, and a political system dominated by political dynasties. [24] [25] The country's poorest provinces are ruled by political dynasties. [26] [27] Additionally, there are the problem of extractive institutions that hinder the country's economic growth. [28]
Agriculture in the Philippines is a major sector of the economy, ranking third among the sectors in 2022 behind only Services and Industry. Its outputs include staples like rice and corn, but also export crops such as coffee , cavendish banana , pineapple and pineapple products, coconut , sugar , and mango . [ 1 ]
The Philippines has long had long-term structural problems that interfere with sustainable economic development. The country has been dominated by a sequence of growth spurts, brief and mediocre, followed by sharp to very-sharp, severe, and extended downturns—a cycle that came to be known as the boom-bust cycle .
[10] In contrast, Transparency International reported the Philippines as a "significant decliner" in score for the region in 2021 and 2022; the country dropped to a score of 33 in those years from its 2014 high of 38. [11] [12] The 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index scored the Philippines at 34. When ranked by score, the Philippines ranked 115th ...
In the Philippines, monetary policy is the way the central bank, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, controls the supply and availability of money, the cost of money, and the rate of interest. With fiscal policy (government spending and taxes), monetary policy allows the government to influence the economy, control inflation, and stabilize ...
The Philippines consumes an average of 17,000 metric tons of onion per month. [7] In August 2022, the country was predicted to experience a shortage of onion and garlic. [8] The price of red onion in 2021 ranged between ₱90 and ₱120. [6]