TRANSCRIPT Credit Suisse ASEAN-Indian Conference Finance Sec. Cesar V. Purisima August 18, 2011   Purisima: Lunch speeches are always a challenge because I have to compete with your food. So, hopefully, I can also give you some food for thought during this short speech. Were here today after a tough week last week. In fact, when you look at what happened at Wall Street last night, it... read more

TRANSCRIPT The Asset Interview with Daniel Yu Sec. Cesar V. Purisima November 2012 On credit rating actions Purisima: If you look at it from a credit rating standpoint, we’re now back where what Mrs. Arroyo inherited. When she went into office, we were all one notch below investment grade. During her nine years, we really went down. That just shows you that good governance is... read more

TRANSCRIPT Secretary Cesar V. Purisima AL JAZEERA Interview October 18, 2012 On Philippines being the brightest in Asia Purisima: I think its a product of good governance; better governance than before. As a result, our economic growth rate has grown beyond our trend growth of 4.7% the past 10 years. For the first half of the year, our growth was 6.1% and this we did with a global economy... read more

TRANSCRIPT AFMIS Press Conference Hong Kong October 10, 2012 Purisima: We have to increase spending in education, in health, in CCT programs because that will allow us to make sure we realize the demographic dividend. At the same time, there is a proposed bill in Congress, Responsible Parenthood. Its really empowering our people to have more information and knowledge about parenthood and what... read more

TRANSCRIPT Malacanang Press Briefing ADB Launch March 1, 2012   Sec. Ricky Carandang: Good afternoon. The Philippines is proud to be hosting the 45th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank. ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda has just come from a meeting with President Benigno Aquino and he joins us here to take some questions and to make a statement. Then, we... read more

TRANSCRIPT Reuters CVPs residence February 10, 2012   On inflation Purisima: The main drivers of inflation in the Philippines are food and oil prices. On the part of the food, its been well maintained. Harvest has been good. In fact, the biggest part of the food component is rice. As you know, last year was a very good year for Philippine rice harvest. Its a priority of the president to... read more

TRANSCRIPT Sec. Cesar V. Purisima DZRH Interview with Jay Taruc August 26, 2011 JT: Ano na po ang estado ngayon ni Comm. Alvarez, papalitan na po ba o papalitan pa lang? Purisima:  Kumbaga sa basketball, nasa court pa siya. Kailangan niya na tuloy-tuloy mag-guard, mag-score tuloy-tuloy para manalo tayo sa ating laban sa korupsyon, laban sa kahirapan para maayos talaga ang ating bansa. JT:... read more

June 16, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Philippines' Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima talks about the country's credit rating upgrade by Moody's Investors Service, economy and central bank monetary policy. The Philippines debt rating was raised to Ba2 from Ba3, the highest level since the start of 2005 by Moodys, after the government took steps to reduce its budget deficit. Purisima speaks from Manila with... read more