{"id":103044,"date":"2017-05-18T01:58:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T05:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=103044"},"modified":"2017-05-18T01:58:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T05:58:42","slug":"phl-gdp-grows-6-4-in-q1-still-among-asias-fastest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/18\/phl-gdp-grows-6-4-in-q1-still-among-asias-fastest\/","title":{"rendered":"PHL GDP grows 6.4% in Q1, still among Asia\u2019s fastest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_93311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93311\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15740945_1626221831008075_7736225749750075164_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93311\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15740945_1626221831008075_7736225749750075164_n.jpg\" alt=\"The Philippine economy expanded by 6.4 percent in the first quarter this year, making it still one of the strongest performers among emerging economies in Asia. (Photo: ASEAN Skyline\/Facebook)\" width=\"720\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15740945_1626221831008075_7736225749750075164_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15740945_1626221831008075_7736225749750075164_n-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Philippine economy expanded by 6.4 percent in the first quarter this year, making it still one of the strongest performers among emerging economies in Asia. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ItsAseanSkyline\/photos\/p.1626221831008075\/1626221831008075\/?type=1&amp;amp;opaqueCursor=AbqjHWmGLtQUApjKqdUAa9q23CYjYvGBZ_tS6XDoVzAy87iJOLuak6f_KPJkhIQNeh3XefJUqFQLaOauhJtsdwHdL9jPdvhWYBdN-e2ZEOTUtlrV0rDOKpMMUCLj8v-KOwQmvs9winJ1U0MPpf8M2IrifCg23LAfLFN5e2TOI98engmCxY3vALTFgfJt2Gfb1UsM1rIirKvr674Ra4J3gdBXgmqa2npL83sRVhbKpw98r_I5XhCw5HjDwMoS1DFcAAJcILQdbAtw21VdUTuvQ-G7jwJrUacX5m3FDqTVFMiSkV9LM6ZcGNpw6YBo1t03bNbnpQzNFs8b_PyFCvqMaG1VzNVtajRqcddvmJDi91PhWqa5hv4NcZn9Ri5xuiuY41A&amp;amp;theater\">ASEAN Skyline\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014The Philippine economy expanded by 6.4 percent in the first quarter this year, making it still one of the strongest performers among emerging economies in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Government data indicated that last quarter\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) growth, however, was slower than the 6.9 percent during the same period in 2016 due to the high base effects from last year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p>The services sector continued to be the main growth driver during the period, accelerating by 6.8 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Industry decelerated to 6.1 percent, while agriculture recovered with 4.9-percent growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014The Philippine economy expanded by 6.4 percent in the first quarter this year, making it still one of the strongest &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":93311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[13362],"class_list":["post-103044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-gross-domestic-product","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}