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-*'''World Bank retains 6.4% Philippine growth forecast for 2019 '''
+*'''PH to be ‘upper-middle-income’ nation this year'''
-*Wednesday, April 24, 2019 4:51 pm
+*Thursday, April 25, 2019
-:MANILA, Philippines — The World Bank on Wednesday retained its growth forecasts for the Philippines, saying that “downside risks” remain as both domestic and external policy uncertainty stay elevated.
+:The Philippines is set to become an ‘upper-middle-income’ economy this year, thanks to the assistance of multilateral lenders such as the World Bank, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said.
-:In the April edition of its “East Asia and Pacific Economic Update” report released Wednesday, the Washington-based multilateral lender pegs 2019 and 2020 growth at 6.4% and 6.5%, respectively ........... [https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/04/24/1912216/world-bank-retains-64-philippine-growth-forecast-2019<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
+:Dominguez said the World Bank’s generous support for the Philippines’ sustainable development programs was a key factor in helping it secure an upper middle-income economy status in 2019, three years ahead of its targeted schedule ........... [http://manilastandard.net/business/economy-trade/292890/ph-to-be-upper-middle-income-nation-this-year-.html<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
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-*'''Philippines, China to sign 5 agreements in Beijing'''
+*'''World Bank retains 6.4% Philippine growth forecast for 2019 '''
-*Tuesday, April 23, 2019
+*Wednesday, April 24, 2019 4:51 pm
-:MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines and China would sign five bilateral agreements during President Rodrigo Duterte’s attendance to the second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing from April 25 to 27, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.
+:MANILA, Philippines — The World Bank on Wednesday retained its growth forecasts for the Philippines, saying that “downside risks” remain as both domestic and external policy uncertainty stay elevated.
-:“Well, we are looking at some possible agreements in the areas of education, anti-corruption, official development assistance as well as drug rehabilitation,” said Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Meynardo Montealegre in a briefing in Malacañang ........... [https://globalnation.inquirer.net/174697/philippines-china-to-sign-5-agreements-in-beijing<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
+:In the April edition of its “East Asia and Pacific Economic Update” report released Wednesday, the Washington-based multilateral lender pegs 2019 and 2020 growth at 6.4% and 6.5%, respectively ........... [https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/04/24/1912216/world-bank-retains-64-philippine-growth-forecast-2019<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
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