Asia Faces Inflation Pressures Through 2027, ADB Warns

International investors who have seen early signs of recovery in mainland China’s office and retail property markets are expected to start buying when oversupply concerns are eased, according to global real estate firm JLL. Stuart Crow, JLL’s CEO for capital markets in the Asia-Pacific region, said foreign institutions would fall back in love with mainland property assets when new supply was absorbed by fresh take-up. “International investors are waiting for the real economy to really absorb...

Senator Erwin Tulfo on Sunday said electric companies cannot recover the proposed removal of system loss charges through other means, such as disguising them as hidden line items on consumers' bills.

This paper examines a shift in global equity flows, highlighting that local factors now dominate over global ones in emerging markets, driven by investor sensitivity to local returns post-COVID. Structural Shifts in Global Financial Flows The question of whether the global financial cycle still predominantly influences capital flows to emerging markets is explored in this […]

Property markets in the Asia-Pacific region are likely to remain attractive despite heightened uncertainty over monetary policy after the US Federal Reserve delivered its first interest rate increase in more than three years this month, analysts say, with several asset classes and sectors expected to draw investor interest. “We’ve seen volumes, specifically cross-border volumes in the region, increase by around 30 per cent to date,” said Emily Fell, senior director for living sectors in...

A P42 increase in the daily wages of workers in Central Visayas will take effect on October 14, the Department of Labor and Employment announced on Sunday.

The government may lose more than P700 million monthly in collections after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ordered the suspension of the excise taxes on liquefied petroleum gas and kerosene, the Bureau of Customs said on Sunday.

A total of P10.363 billion has been committed to modernize rice processing as the government seeks to ramp up rice procurement, the Department of Agriculture said.

A fare increase for public utility vehicles will take effect Monday, September 28, as transport groups Manibela and Piston push through with planned protests over rising fuel costs.

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said Saturday that the government is collaborating with the private sector to develop state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities that can compete internationally.

Culture Minister Sabeeda Thaised met with Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova in Moscow to discuss cultural cooperation and preparations for the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Russia in 2027.

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has issued show cause orders against DITO Telecommunity Corporation (DITO), Globe Telecom, Inc. (Globe), and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), imposing a P100,000 daily fine over poor mobile broadband services monitored in September 2026.

EnerVenue, a start-up co-founded by Full Vision Capital, the family office of Hong Kong tycoon Peter Lee Ka-kit, has begun manufacturing a new battery it expects to challenge existing energy-storage technologies dominated by mainland Chinese players, amid surging global demand for green energy. The California-based company can now produce 250 megawatt-hours (MWh) of nickel-hydrogen batteries annually at its factory in Changzhou, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, and plans to raise capacity to...