Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno is confident that the economy will continue to expand this year, consistent with analyst consensus that projects the Philippines to post the highest growth rate in…
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno has committed to pursue the passage, in the incoming 19thCongress, of the previous administration’s remaining tax reform packages on improving real property valuation and simplifying financial…
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno has said the national government will closely coordinate with the local government units (LGUs) to fulfill the goal of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. of increasing…
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno has expressed his support for the passage of a bill that would either regulate or tax the consumption of single-use plastics as among the Philippines’ contributions…
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno has disclosed details of the government's first-ever Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF) that is aimed at reducing the deficit, promoting fiscal sustainability, and enabling robust economic growth.…
The government maintained Wednesday that the inflation rate for June 2022 reached 6.1 percent, as reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), and clarified that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr.…
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Monday (July 4) he is confident that new Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Felipe Medalla will continue the game-changing reforms he has implemented under…
In his first-ever speech as Finance Secretary, former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno expressed his confidence that incumbent governor Felipe M. Medalla will continue the game-changing reforms that have kept the institution ‘agile and innovative’. “We have gone through a crisis like no other, with no emergency response playbook to which we could refer. But we kept our eyes on the ball. We remained agile and innovative. We boosted market confidence. We implemented extraordinary liquidity measures,” Secretary Diokno said during BSP’s 29th Anniversary and Turnover Ceremony held earlier today, July 4.
Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Wednesday he will hand over to his successor, former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno, a Department of Finance (DOF) that has substantially…
