“The Philippine economy is leading all Asian countries in the growth of projected gross domestic product based on the International Monetary Fund report in April.”
What Vera Files found
The Philippines does not have the highest projected GDP growth among Asian countries. It ranks fourth in the IMF’s 30 emerging and developing economies in the region, with a projected GDP growth of 6%. Palau holds the top spot with 8.7%, followed by Maldives with 7.2%.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Department of Finance made this claim around 21 April 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 28 April 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/BongbongMarcos/posts/pfbid02oHjxbhkwpPbvQRudQeNougjSP2NX2EjmsWV4…
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/DOF_PH/status/1650001702828011520
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/UmAEs
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.md/rZubr
Links recorded by Vera Files. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.