Describing the Economy

Don't get fixated on translating economic terms into Tagalog. Filipinos use the English terms in regular conversation. For example, a Filipino will always say 'credit card' (in English) instead of the forced Tagalog translation tarheta ng kredito.

It'll be very amusing to Filipinos if you insist on Tagalog translations. They may even find it insulting. "How can this foreigner think I don't know what a 'credit card' is?"

pera
money

Masama ang ekonomiya.
The economy's bad.

Ang hirap ng buhay ngayon.
Life is hard these days.

Ang hirap makakuha ng "credit."
It's hard to get credit.

Hindi makahanap ng "credit."
Can't find any credit.

magpatakbo ng ekonomiya
run the economy

Hindi marunong magpatakbo ng ekonomiya.
Doesn't know how to run the economy.

Walang "revenue" ang gobyerno.
The government has no revenue.