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Most French banks are raising their mortgage rates for April amid uncertainty from the war in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz blockade. French 10-year state bond yields hit nearly 3.90% on Friday, a level unseen since 2009. Philippe Crevel of the Cercle de l’Épargne highlights the close link between these yields and home loan rates.
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Nagbigay ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ng P5,000 bawat isa sa 59,149 tricycle driver sa Metro Manila bilang bahagi ng fuel subsidy program upang labanan ang pagtaas ng presyo ng langis dahil sa tensyon sa Middle East. Ongoing ang payouts sa National Capital Region, target nina Secretary Rex Gatchalian na matapos ito ngayong araw.
Tumaas ang bilang ng mga walang trabahong Pilipino sa 2.54 milyong katao noong Oktubre 2025, mula sa 1.96 milyon noong Setyembre, ayon sa Philippine Statistics Authority. Ang unemployment rate ay umabot sa 5 porsyento mula sa 3.8 porsyento.
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In the last long weekend of the year, nearly 1.4 million tourists traveled across the country, spending around 250 billion pesos, according to a survey by the Argentine Confederation of Medium-Sized Enterprises (CAME). This marks a 43.5% increase in the number of people compared to 2023 and a 20.1% rise in spending.