MANILA, Philippines – Bank lending expanded at its slowest pace in nearly two years in December 2025, underscoring the limits of the central bank’s power to revive confidence that has been weighed down by an unresolved, high-profile graft scandal and the absence of a clear recovery in government spending. Latest data from the Bangko Sentral […]... Keep on reading: Philippine bank loan growth slid to 22-mo low in December 2025