manufacturing

Factory output surged 539.7% in Aug

The finished goods churned out by the country’s factories soared 539.7 percent year-on-year in August due to the base effects from lower output amid last year’s stringent lockdowns. The Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) monthly integrated survey of selected industries (Missi) report for August released Thursday showed a dramatic reversal of the 82.2-percent drop in the…

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Manufacturing back to expansion mode in Sept

The manufacturing sector resumed expansion in September as quarantine curbs were gradually lifted, but global supply constraints and expensive inputs pose a threat to sustained recovery. The September purchasing managers’ index for the Philippines released by London-based global information provider IHS Markit Ltd. on Friday showed , reversing the contraction in August when Metro Manila…

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SSS prepares to resume foreign investment plan interrupted by pandemic

The state-run pension fund Social Security System (SSS) may finally push through with its planned offshore investments next year once it’s no longer pressured to disburse more benefits to members and pensioners badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Right now, we are trying to study the environment. Definitely, we’re looking at global bonds, global equities,…