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  "id": 248721,
  "title": "Philippine Growth Disappoints at 2.3% as War, Graft Sap Demand",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/philippine-growth-disappoints-at-2-3-as-war-graft-sap-demand-248721",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T02:37:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Financial Post",
    "slug": "financial-post",
    "url": "https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/philippine-economy-grows-at-slowest-pace-since-2009-ex-covid"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Philippine economic growth slowed dramatically in the second quarter, defying expectations of a pickup, as consumer spending slowed and investment shrank. The peso and stocks fell.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Bloomberg",
        "title": "Philippine Growth Disappoints at 2.3% as War, Graft Sap Demand",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/philippine-growth-disappoints-at-2-3-as-war-graft-sap-demand",
        "published": "2026-08-07T02:02:57.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}