By Beatriz Marie D. Cruz, Reporter
THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY must grow by an average of 6.1% for the rest of the year to meet the lower end of the government’s 6-7% target, the Department of Finance (DoF) said over the weekend.
“We need 6.1% [growth] for the rest of the year to actually reach the 6% target. I think that’s very achievable,” Finance Undersecretary and Chief Economist Domini S. Velasquez said during a forum organized by the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines and San Miguel Corp.
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