After the Philippine economy surpassed expectations and posted 7.1 percent growth in the third quarter, economists from ANZ Research, the Fitch-owned BMI Research, and London-based research consultancy Capital Economics set aside any revisions and left their full-year forecasts unchanged.

They had forecast growth for 2016 of between 6.4 percent and 7 percent.

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