2022 GDP growth seen to have surged past 7%
The Philippine economys prospects as being among the best performers in Asia last year is on firm ground if only based on most forecasts putting the full-year 2022 readout above 7 percent.
The governments own goal is for growth to print at 6.5 percent to 7.5 percentaiming at 7 percent with a 0.5-percentage-point leeway upward and downward.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is announcing on Thursday morning the national accounts data for the fourth quarter and full-year 2022.
Will the numbers disappoint, or will they show resilience despite external headwinds and inflation challenges? Socioeconomic planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan teased in a social media post.
Most analysts, including those with multilateral lenders, credit watchers and financial services groups, put the full-year print at the upper band of the governments target range.
The most optimistic is Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., whose chief economist Michael Ricafort predicted 2022 growth to reach the range of 7.6 percent to 7.8 percent.
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