Optimism about Philippine economic prospects for the current quarter has dimmed but turned more positive when focus shifted to the last quarter of the year, the central bank’s latest quarterly survey of local firms said.

Local businessmen have a more positive outlook for the next quarter’s economic performance, results of the Business Expectations Survey (BES) conducted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed on Friday.

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