MANILA, Aug 7 : The Philippine economy grew 2.3 per cent in the second quarter from a year earlier, the statistics agency said on Friday, slower than expected.Economists in a Reuters poll had expected second-quarter gross domestic product growth of 2.8 per cent, which would have matched the first-quarter grow

Indonesia's economic growth slowed slightly in the second quarter of the year, though the data released by the statistics agency Wednesday still beat expectations thanks to strong…

Government spending posted the biggest growth, rising 15.97 per cent in the second quarter on the back of spending for civil servants.