Tag: Consumers
Beijing struggles to transfer industrial, export gains to consumers
BEIJING- China’s economy grew 5 percent last year, matching the government’s target, but in a lopsided fashion, with many people complaining of worsening living...
Businesses, consumers turn upbeat
The business sentiment in the Philippines was more optimistic in the fourth quarter of last year as the overall confidence index (CI) climbed to...
BOJ bids farewell to Kuroda’s radical experiment
By Leika Kihara
TOKYO- In rare criticism of its past policies, the Bank of Japan said former governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s stimulus didn’t change consumer psychology...
Filipino consumers stretch budgets, cut spending — study
A consumer study has revealed Filipinos are being compelled to be creative in stretching their daily budget for food and other basic needs in...
Power distributors told to refund P1B to consumers
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is directing all private distribution utilities (DUs) to refund unused fees collected from consumers by the distribution utilities under...
