Economic expansion in the Philippines as measured by the gross domestic (GDP) is forecast to accelerate further this year to 6.2 percent, according to Moody’s Analytics.
At this pace, the continued output expansion of the $361 billion economy in Southeast Asia should prove only second to Vietnam’s, seen also growing comparably faster at 6.5 percent this year.
The Philippines expanded at a faster rate than anticipated, ranging from only 5 percent up to only 5.5 percent, as it actually punched higher and grew by 5.6 percent instead.
Moody’s Analytics is a sister firm of the sovereign credit watcher Moody’s Investors Service which has since validated the country’s credit standing as investment grade.
It said the country’s projected expansion this year is based on data obtained from the Department of Finance, under Finance chief Carlos G. Dominguez, who has endeavored to obtain billions of dollars worth of financing from overseas and domestic sources as the economy transits to a post-pandemic next normal.
Moody’s Analytics said the country’s projected performance this year should not be far from that of Malaysia whose economy was seen expanding 5.4 percent, faster than Indonesia’s expansion averaging only 5.1 percent and Singapore’s 4.6 percent.
