THE World Bank downgraded anew its 2019 Philippine growth forecast because of a slowdown in public investments, weakening global economic growth, and effects of the trade tension between the United States and China.

In its Philippines Economic Update released on Thursday, World Bank cut the country's economic growth projection to 5.8 percent this year from the previous 6.4 percent.

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