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[Title] => Fiscal room improves, but spending test remains
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[Title] => UA&P: Philippines economy likely to grow 5% in H2
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[Title] => Our GDP twin shocks: Hermès and Hormuz
[Summary] => I could not help but laugh when the indefatigable Jun Neri, the lead economist at BPI, shared his thoughts on the latest jaw-dropping snail-pace performance of our economy at just 2.8 percent growth in the first quarter of the year.
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[Title] => Debt-to-GDP ratio rises to 21-year high in Q1
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[Title] => PSEi returns above 6,000, peso back at 60:$1 level
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[Title] => Philippine economy slows to 2.8% in Q1, weakest in 5 years
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[Title] => Growth slows as consumption and capex weaken
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[Title] => ‘Weak jobs data, Middle East crisis cut Q1 GDP growth to 3.1%’
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[Title] => Our GDP twin shocks: Hermès and Hormuz
[Summary] => I could not help but laugh when the indefatigable Jun Neri, the lead economist at BPI, shared his thoughts on the latest jaw-dropping snail-pace performance of our economy at just 2.8 percent growth in the first quarter of the year.
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[Title] => Debt-to-GDP ratio rises to 21-year high in Q1
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[Title] => PSEi returns above 6,000, peso back at 60:$1 level
[Summary] => Local share prices made their way back above the 6,000 mark yesterday despite the country’s first quarter gross domestic product growth coming in below expectations, as investors chose to focus on positive developments abroad.
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[Title] => Philippine economy slows to 2.8% in Q1, weakest in 5 years
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[Title] => Off-cycle hold: BSP navigates inflation, growth trade-offs
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