MANILA -The growth in lending by the Philippines’ largest banks slowed down for the sixth straight month to a nearly two-year low of 6.5 percent in September, adding credence to concerns that lukewarm private spending will lead to more subdued economic growth in the fourth quarter. Preliminary data at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas show that the growth in total lending, net of short-term loans to the central bank, continued to lose momentum after reading out at 13.4 percent in September 2022 and 7.2 percent last August. ...
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Actual : 3.10, Previous : 3.35, Highest : 5.77, Lowest : 3.10, Dates : 2013 - 2024, Unit : percent, Frequency : Daily
QUESTION: When a loan is on add-on-rate or 5-6, does this mean the loan is not based on diminishing balance?—asked at “Ask a friend, ask Efren” free service available at www.personalfinance.ph and Facebook. Answer: Firstly, allow me to issue a correction to my previous article entitled, “The broader meaning of P/E.” The term “earnings” in the price-to-earnings ratio or P/E refers to the company’s net income as of a certain date divided by the total number of stockholders’ shares (and not just the number of stockholders as one ...
A Chinese flag flutters outside the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) building on the Financial Street in Beijing, China Feb 8, 2024. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File photo
SINGAPORE – The yen jumped on Monday as comments from Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda stoked hopes that Japan could soon herald a new era away from negative rates, while the dollar slid ahead of this week’s key U.S. inflation reading. The Japanese currency strengthened more than 1 percent to touch a one-week high of 145.99 per dollar, boosted by weekend comments from Ueda that the central bank could end its negative interest rate policy when achievement of its 2 percent inflation target is in sight. ...
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MANILA -Union Bank of the Philippines registered a weaker bottom line in the January-September period despite stronger revenues as expenses ballooned following the acquisition of Citi’s consumer business and rollout of its digital-only banking arm. On Tuesday, the Aboitiz-led bank announced its net income amounted to P8.1 billion in the first three quarters, lower by 19 percent than the P10.09 billion it booked in the same period last year. Net revenues climbed by 48 percent to P52.8 billion during the period as net interest income grew by 34 ...
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