Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The Philippines lowered its economic growth forecast this year to between 4.5 percent and 5.5 percent, Economic Planning Secretary Cayetano Paderanga said in Manila today.

Growth projection for 2012 was cut to a range of between 5 percent and 6 percent, Paderanga said.

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