MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine economy grew 6.9% in the third quarter of 2021 from a year earlier, lower than the previously-reported growth estimate of 7.1%, the statistics agency said on Wednesday.
The government will release fourth-quarter gross domestic product data at around 0200 GMT on Thursday, with the economy projected to have expanded at a slower pace of 6.0% from a year earlier, based on the median estimate in a Reuters poll.
(Reporting by Enrico Dela Cruz; Editing by Ed Davies)
