THE Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has raised first-quarter growth to 5.8 percent, from 5.7 percent previously, ahead of today’s release of preliminary second-quarter data.
The major contributors, the PSA said on Wednesday, were changes to the growth rates for financial and insurance activities (10.3 percent from 10.0 percent); wholesale/retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (6.6 percent from 6.4 percent); and electricity, steam, water and waste management (6.9 percent from 6.3 percent).
Upward adjustments were also made to gross national income (9.8 percent from 9.7 percent) and net primary income from the rest of the world (57.6 percent from 57.0 percent).
The PSA said that it revises economic growth based on an approved policy, PSA Board Resolution 1, Series of 2017-053, which is aligned with international standards for national accounts revisions.
Security Bank Corp. chief economist Robert Dan Roces said the revision demonstrated that Philippine economic growth remained robust. He expects the second-quarter result to be slightly higher at 5.9 percent, below the government’s full-year target of 6.0 to 7.0 percent.
The consensus estimate based on forecasts collated by The Manila Times is 6.0-percent growth for the April-June period.
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