Philippine Q4 growth skids to 5-year low, raises odds of further rate cuts

Flood control mess slows economic growth in Q4  2025 to 3%

The Philippine economy capped a turbulent 2025 with a weak fourth-quarter performance, dragging full-year growth below target amid a slump in government spending on infrastructure due to the widespread flood control corruption scandal. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the fourth quarter slowed sharply to just 3 percent, down from the already disappointing revised 3.9 […]...Keep on reading: Flood control mess slows economic growth in Q4  20…

Philippine growth slumps to 4.4% in 2025, slowest in 5 years - BusinessWorld Online

By Katherine K. Chan, Reporter PHILIPPINE economic growth sharply slowed to a post-pandemic low in the fourth quarter of 2025 as the flood control scandal continued to weigh on government spending, investments and consumer spending, dragging full-year expansion below target for the third straight year. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday that the fourth-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 3%, from 5.3% in …

Philippine GDP growth sinks to post-pandemic low in Q4 2025 due to corruption scandal

The Philippines’ gross domestic product hit a record low of 3.0% in the fourth quarter of 2025—its lowest quarterly growth since 2009, excluding the pandemic years.

Philippines misses growth targets anew as economy grows just 3% in Q4 2025

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines missed its economic growth targets for the third consecutive year as the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by just 3% in the fourth quarter of 2025, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Thursday, January 29. This places the average GDP growth rate for 2025 at only 4.4%, below the Marcos administration’s goal of 5.5% to 6.5% and also missing analysts’ expectations. Excluding the COVID-19 …

Philippines posts worst economic growth since 2011

The Philippines reported below-expectations economic growth of just 4.4 percent on Thursday, with a corruption scandal and climate change-fueled weather woes bl

GDP slowdown: Corruption is smokescreen for bad economics

Corruption scandals weighed the economy down, but the deeper problem lies in a growth model that has been breaking ever since.