Property pins hope on rate cuts amid stifling GDP

(First of two parts) In 2025, the Philippine economy grew by 4.4 percent, lower than the 5.7 percent posted a year ago and the government’s full year target of between 5.5 percent and 6.5 percent. Excluding the contraction in 2020, this is the slowest annual growth since 2011. The country was also one of the