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Budget deficit soars to record high in 2020

Business World
13 Jan 2021
  Philippines

Philippines signs deal to secure 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covovax: distributor

Reuters
10 Jan 2021
  Philippines

BSP grants new P540-billion to gov't

Business World
07 Jan 2021
  Philippines

PHL may need to boost COVID-19 response if vaccination is delayed

Business World
04 Jan 2021
  Philippines

$600 million ADB loan to expand energy access in Eastern Indonesia

ADB
24 Nov 2020
  Indonesia

Indonesia cuts rates to bolster recession-hit economy

The Star
21 Nov 2020
  Indonesia

BSP surprise: Another rate cut to push PH economic pedal

Inquirer.net
19 Nov 2020
  Philippines

MSME loan approvals only a fraction of funds allocated as Bayanihan II nears expiry

Business World
18 Nov 2020
  Philippines

Indonesia signs $1 billion loan deal with Australia for COVID-19 relief

Reuters
12 Nov 2020
  Indonesia;   Australia

Long PH recovery seen as gov’t spending ‘bright spot’ fails to offset Q3 consumer slump

Inquirer.net
10 Nov 2020
  Philippines

Indonesia suffers first recession in over two decades as coronavirus hits

Reuters
05 Nov 2020
  Indonesia

Gradual pullout of monetary measures vs COVID-19 urged

Philstar
04 Nov 2020
  Philippines

Korea grants $100-M loan for PHL pandemic response

Business World
03 Nov 2020
  Republic of Korea;   Philippines

National government to borrow another P540B from BSP

Inquirer.net
30 Sep 2020
  Philippines

BI buys $15.7b in govt bonds to support economy

The Jakarta Post
29 Sep 2020
  Indonesia

Philippines extends coronavirus curbs for another month to prevent 'Christmas surge'

The Straits Times
29 Sep 2020
  Philippines

ADB, KfW partner to boost COVID-19 response and financial inclusion in Indonesia

ADB
25 Sep 2020
  Indonesia

DBCC flags banks’ concentration risk

Business World
23 Sep 2020
  Philippines

Main hospitals in Jakarta report full capacity amid Covid-19 surge; government to use 3-star hotels for quarantine

The Straits Times
22 Sep 2020
  Indonesia

Investors may shun Indonesian debt over central bank worries

Reuters
21 Sep 2020
  Indonesia