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The COVID-19 pandemic forced the government to borrow at the historic level of P3.2 trillion to manage the unprecedented health and economic crises that included providing stimulus packages for small […]
Sa simula ng 2023, iniulat ng isang international debt watcher na ang Pilipinas ay kabilang sa ilang mga bansa na makakakita ng pagbaba sa kanilang debt stock “ng ilang percentage points” batay sa inaasahang mataas na nominal GDP growth.
Sinabi ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) na ang Pilipinas ay nananatiling “on track” para maabot ang upper middle-income status sa 2023 “sa kabila ng mga hamon ng pandemya at ng pagkadiskaril ng pandaigdigang ekonomiya.” Ito ay nangangailangan ng konteksto.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claimed before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that the Philippines remains “on track” to reach upper middle-income status by 2023 “despite the challenges of the pandemic and the global economic upheavals.” This needs context.
The Philippines never ranked second to Japan between 1965 and 1986.