Thursday, August 27, 2009

Philippine Growth Climbs as Asian Economies Recover

Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Philippine economic growth accelerated in the second quarter from the slowest pace in a decade, adding to signs Asian nations are recovering from the global recession. Stocks rose.

Gross domestic product increased 1.5 percent from a year earlier, the National Statistical Coordination Board said in Manila today. That was three times the 0.5 percent median forecast of 17 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. The economy expanded a revised 0.6 percent in the first quarter, the weakest pace since a recession ended in 1998.

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