The Manila Times

Dec remittance­s

- RECORD FROM B1

By country source, more than came from the US, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Singapore, UK, Japan, Qatar, Kuwait, Hong Kong, and Germany,

“The solid growth in OF remittance­s continues to be a major driver of domestic percent of the country’s gross national income ( GNI) and

Moderate growth seen

Joey Cuyegkeng, senior economist for ING Bank Manila, said uncertaint­y over the possible effects of the trade, immigratio­n and jobs policies of the new US administra­tion may keep OFW remittance­s growth at a moderate pace of 4 percent this year, or slower than growth in personal and cash remit

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Neverthele­ss, Cuyegkeng added, the health of host economies is likely to improve but the improvemen­t may

“Oil prices have increased from the

Given this, he said growth in developed markets is expected to be mild or show a

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