On Tuesday, Leechiu Property Consultants Director Mikko Barranda said in a virtual press briefing that office take-up could reach 500,000 sqm. to 600,000 sqm. level by year-end with the signing of these pipeline of transactions with developers.
“BSP actually has room for further easing just to signal that they’re willing to support growth recovery into faster track,” University of Asia and the Pacific economist Dr. Victor Abola said during the virtual briefing of the First Metro Investment Corporation on Wednesday.
In a report, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) chief economist Michael Ricafort said lower interest rates and lower cost of some inputs like real estate property and leases are plus factors that enticed higher FDIs.
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian will seek an inquiry into the proliferation of loan sharks and other online lending schemes of some companies not under the supervision of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Senator Win Gatchalian, who is calling for fair access to financial services, claims that doing so would accelerate the country's digitalization of financial transactions.
"I support it because we have to diversify our ayuda program. The conventional track is to aid workers who have lost their jobs. This one helps workers from losing theirs. We have to invest more in payroll retention and job protection programs that help both employers and workers," Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, said in a statement.