THE World Bank again trimmed its 2019 Philippine growth forecast on account of the slowdown in public investments, weakening global economic growth and trade tensions between the United States and China.

In its “Philippines Economic Update” report released on Thursday, the multilateral lender reduced the projection to 5.8 percent from the earlier 6.4 percent.

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