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By DERCO ROSALAs another Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) interest rate cut looms, economists and bankers are citing various factors entailing easy monetary policy, including slowing inflation and economic growth.Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) lead economist Emilio S. Neri Jr. also expects...

Filipinos do not need to worry about rising extra rice prices, as they are projected to fall due to better global supply, allowing the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to speed up the lowering of borrowing costs in the coming months, according to British banking giant HSBC.Aris Dacanay, chief...

Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto said that inflation may have already reached its highest point, projecting a gradual decline in the rate of food price increases in the coming months.Recto stated that the continued moderation in inflation may lead the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to consider a...

The faster recovery in more advanced economies and possible early start towards normalization will not necessarily translate to a similar monetary policy stance for the Philippines which intends to keep interest rates low in support of growth, according to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor...

Keeps accommodative policy MB File Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said he is seeing continued demand for loans and banks’ “appetite” to lend despite that loan growth slowed in August because of risk aversion during the pandemic. Big banks’ outstanding...