WIRE — PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC GROWTH likely slowed to 2.5% in the second quarter as elevated inflation and subdued business confidence weighed on recovery, economists at the University of Asia and the Pacific (UAP) said. In the July issue of The Market Call, UAP trimmed its second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth estimate to 2.5% from 2.6% previously.
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