Optimism among businessmen about the prospects of the Philippine economy for the current quarter has grown, outweighing the negative outlook expressed by the others in the latest central bank survey of local firms.

Business confidence about the third quarter, however, lost some steam, according to the latest Business Expectations Survey (BES) survey conducted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

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