BusinessWorld E-paper
May 5, 2025
PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC growth may have picked up in the first quarter thanks to cooling inflation and faster government spending ahead of the election ban, a BusinessWorld poll showed.
The Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to have grown by 5.8% in January to March, according to a median forecast of 15 economists and analysts polled by BusinessWorld, picking up from the revised 5.3% in the fourth quarter of 2024.
