MANILA -- The Philippines has downgraded its 2024 economic growth expectations after devastating typhoons hit the country's core agricultural sector in the second half.

A man on a boat fishes as a ferry sails by a containers vessel docked at a port shrouded by haze in Xiamen in southeast China's Fujian province, on Dec. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) UNITED NATIONS ...

PARIS -- The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development upgraded its growth forecast for the global economy to 2.9% for 2024 from its 2.7% forecast late last year, although it pointed to ...