IF the conflict in the Middle East escalates, the World Bank expects natural gas, fertilizers, and food to become even more expensive than they are today. In its latest Commodity Markets Outlook, the World Bank said a major outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East could stall the steady…
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GEOPOLITICAL risks would make it more difficult for oil-dependent countries like the Philippines to tame inflation, which could accelerate to double digits if oil prices jump to unprecedented levels, according to local economists. On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that oil traders piled into more than 3 million barrels worth of options…
CRISIS creates opportunities and this time, the Philippines could be the beneficiary of such crisis-driven opportunities coming out of the recession in Japan and the United Kingdom, according to local economists. Nonetheless, they said, there are risks from this, especially to trade performance and the country’s remittance bonanza if a…
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