The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and two other financial institutions predict the Philippine economy will grow between 6.3 percent and 6.8 percent this year, with the average moderating from last year.

The forecasts by analysts from the three institutions put the average rate for 2017 at 6.5 percent, easing from a revised 6.9 percent expansion achieved in 2016.

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