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Japan has elected its first female Prime Minister who has decades of political experience under her belt. The 64-year old Sanae Takaichi is seen as a proverbial protégée of the country's longest-serving prime minister, the late Shinzo ...

The Philippines' strong domestic consumption base likely offers a buffer against the United States' "Liberation Day tariffs." Oxford Economics points out that this internal demand protects the economy despite nearly 20 percent export exposure to the U.S. Interestingly, the Philippines, initially ...

In most retellings of the assassination of Benigno "Ninoy' Aquino Jr. on August 21, 1983, the cold-blooded killing is often credited for sparking widespread outrage among ordinary citizens previously cowed by over a decade of martial rule. A little over two ...

It can sometimes be tricky to understand macro-economic concepts. We hear the terms GDP, inflation, debt and recession, among others, but many of us can't really make sense of them and how they relate to us directly. A Facebook user ...

Two years have passed since President Rodrigo Duterte took office. In that span of time, how has his administration affected the Philippine economy and markets?Contrary to what the president said in a summit in Davao last June 22 that "the economy ...