Editorial: Optimistic first-quarter 2014 business outlook

Business confidence remains in good shape in the Philippines, based on the quarterly Business Expectations Survey (BES) by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and released on February 28, 2014. The survey on Confidence Index (CI) was conducted from January 9 to February 24, 2014, and covered 1,525 firms nationwide with response rate of 83.1%. BSP […]