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                    [Title] => Bond vigilantes
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                    [Title] => ‘Philippines to post over 6% growth this year’
                    [Summary] => The Philippine economy is expected to post over six percent growth this year with lower inflation and interest rates to support consumption and investments, according to an official of BDO Unibank Inc.
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                    [Title] => Chilling effect
                    [Summary] => The significant contribution to the economy and to improving the lives of its people through the country’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) program is beyond doubt.
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                    [AuthorName] => Mary Ann LL. Reyes
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                    [Title] => Philippines growth likely 2nd fastest – World Bank
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                    [Title] => Chinese economic growth among slowest in decades
                    [Summary] => China recorded one of its slowest rates of economic growth in decades last year, data showed Friday, as leaders nervously eye a potential trade standoff with incoming US president Donald Trump.
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                    [Title] => Philippines current account deficit seen rising in next 2 years
                    [Summary] => Nomura Global Markets Research has raised its current account deficit (CAD) forecast for the Philippines over the next two years, citing external pressures expected to weigh on the country’s economy.
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                    [Title] => Toward more gas power development in the Phl
                    [Summary] => The fastest-growing major economies in the world – those in the top 50 largest GDP size – are mostly Asians. For instance, the average GDP growth from 2015-2023 were as follows: Vietnam, six percent; China and India, 5.8 percent; Turkey, five percent; Philippines, 4.7 percent; Egypt, 4.6 percent; Indonesia, 4.1 percent; Malaysia, 3.9 percent and Poland, 3.7 percent.
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                    [AuthorName] => Bienvenido Oplas Jr.
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                    [Title] => Key trends shaping the Phl economy in 2025
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                    [AuthorName] => Joefel Ortega Banzon
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                    [Title] => Filipino first policy
                    [Summary] => Recently, I’ve received a number of letters from our readers calling for a national policy that would prioritize Filipinos and Philippine-made products and services in all aspects of the economy.
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                    [Title] => Chinese economic growth among slowest in decades
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                    [Title] => Philippines current account deficit seen rising in next 2 years
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                    [ColumnID] => 0
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                    [Title] => Toward more gas power development in the Phl
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                    [Title] => Key trends shaping the Phl economy in 2025
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                    [ColumnID] => 0
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