MANILA, Dec. 16 – Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III expressed optimism that the country’s rock solid macroeconomic fundamentals along with the Duterte administration’s infrastructure buildup strategy will create enough fiscal and monetary buffers for the Philippines to ride out external shocks such as this latest move by the US Federal Reserve Board to raise interest rates. Dominguez assured the public and the business community that the government is maintaining its growth targets for the short […]