AGRICULTURAL output fell for a third straight quarter in the last three months of 2024, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday, underlining expectations that full-year economic growth likely missed the target.
The PSA will release preliminary fourth quarter and 2024 gross domestic product (GDP) growth data this Thursday. Analysts have said that while the final quarter would have improved from July-September's disappointing 5.2 percent, the growth would not have been enough to reach the government's 6.0- to 6.5-percent goal for the year.
