Philippines Q2 GDP grows 5.5% y/y

August 8, 2025 - 1:41 PM
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A worker installs steel rods at a construction site in Paranaque city, metro Manila, Philippines May 29, 2018. (Reuters/Romeo Ranoco/File Photo)

 The Philippine economy PHGDP=ECI grew by 5.5% in the second quarter of 2025 from a year earlier, official data showed on Thursday, compared to the previous quarter’s 5.4% expansion.

Economists in a Reuters poll had forecast growth of 5.4%.

—Reporting by Mikhail Flores and Karen Lema; Editing by Martin Petty