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Philippines needs faster growth to reach UMIC status by ’26 — analysts
By Aubrey Rose A. Inosante, Reporter INCREASED public expenditure and investments are needed to boost the economic growth and bring the Philippines closer to becoming an upper middle-income country (UMIC) by 2026, analysts said. “To achieve upper middle- …