The Land Bank of the Philippines posted a sharp 44 percent fall in net income for the first quarter of 2014 due to reduced profits from investments as interest rates increased from historically low levels in the first half of last year.

In a statement on Thursday, the state-owned bank reported that its first-quarter net income slid to P2.9 billion from last year’s income of P5.1 billion.

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