21.   Philippine stocks rose, led by Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co., amid indications of rising foreign confidence in the Philippine economy.

22.   Renewed concern that inflation will quicken also has triggered wariness about the Philippine economy.

23.   Rillo said increases in imports of heavy machinery, iron and steel and telecommunications equipment showed the Philippine economy was growing and adding manufacturing capacity.

24.   Stocks and the Philippine currency fell on news of the surgery on Ramos, the architect of reforms that turned around the Philippine economy.

25.   Surging trade deficits, and difficulty in finding enough foreign currency to pay overseas obligations, in the past presaged contractions of the Philippine economy.

26.   That cuts the benefit to the Philippine economy and has led to a ballooning trade imbalance.

27.   The bank is selling shares to boost capital as the resurgent Philippine economy boosts credit demand.

28.   The company is one of a handful seen as bellwethers of the Philippine economy because of their size and scope.

29.   The Philippine economy is booming, and the area around the Subic Bay airport has been developed into a high-tech manufacturing park.

30.   The stock is one of a handful that are seen as bellwethers of the Philippine economy because of their size and scope.