Philippine economic growth accelerated to 6 percent in the third quarter of the year from a revised 5.8 percent in the second quarter and 5.3 percent in the third quarter of last year, official figures released Thursday show.

The latest growth rate in gross domestic product (GDP) comes within the range of 5.8 percent to 6.5 percent forecast by economists from private banks polled earlier by The Manila Times.

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