He served concurrently as the Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority and Socio-Economic Planning Secretary during the Ramos administration.
[1][4] He then attended the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, where he earned a Master of Economics degree.
[1][4] Habito currently teaches Economics at the Ateneo de Manila University.
[6] He writes a weekly column entitled No Free Lunch[1][4] in the Philippine Daily Inquirer's opinion section.
[7] In 2012, Habito and the Inquirer published a book featuring a selection of his previous articles for the newspaper.