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Ateneo Eagle Watch 2025 Economic Briefing - Still Daring to Dream: Economic Outlook and Imperatives for the Philippines Beyond 2025

October 03, 2025

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Ateneo Eagle Watch 2025 Economic Briefing - Still Daring to Dream: Economic Outlook and Imperatives for the Philippines Beyond 2025

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๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ: ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ is the Ateneo Eagle Watch annual economic briefing.

In its Philippine Growth and Jobs Report launched last July 15, 2025, the World Bank described the countryโ€™s path to sustained, inclusive growth as โ€œrunning uphillโ€โ€”a metaphor for the monumental effort needed to break free from the lower-middle-income trap. The report highlights several major challenges: slowing global growth, climate change, technological disruptions such as AI and automation, and geopolitical fragmentation. Following up on our Economic Briefing last March, this yearโ€™s briefing will focus on the current state of the Philippine economy and what must be done for the country to become โ€œa prosperous, predominantly middle-class society where no one is poor.โ€

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€: ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—™. ๐——๐˜‚๐—บ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ผ will examine price, employment, and income trends in the economy. He will also discuss the current state of public and private finance. He will share the usual economic forecasts for 2025 and beyond.

๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ž. ๐—ฃ๐—ฒรฑ๐—ฎ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€ will provide a situationer on the Philippine middle class. He will discuss the role that the middle class will play in economic development and the changes that must happen to fully utilize the potential of the middle class in powering the economy.

๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐— . ๐—”๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ will discuss a major economic headwindโ€”the US tariffs and their broader effects on the Philippine economy. Indeed, this matter has caused much uncertainty, especially among investors.

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€

Date: October 28, 2025 (Tuesday)

Time: 9:00 โ€“ 11:30 AM

Venue: Amphitheatre, Ateneo Rockwell Campus,

20 Rockwell Drive, Rockwell Center, Makati City

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€:

Super Early Eagle Rate: Php 2,500.00 (valid until September 29)

Early Eagle Rate: Php 3,500.00 (valid until October 14)

Special Rate for Ateneo community and alumni: Php 2,900.00

(Please submit a valid ID or document for validation purposes.)

Regular Rate: Php 4,500.00

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For more details, contact AA Agabao at (+63) 945 590 3728 or email aagabao@ateneo.edu