
IMF, ADB see BSP hiking rates further
IMF and ADB expect the BSP to maintain a tightening bias as Middle East conflict, rising rice prices and weather risks add pressure to Philippine inflation.
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IMF and ADB expect the BSP to maintain a tightening bias as Middle East conflict, rising rice prices and weather risks add pressure to Philippine inflation.

The BSP raised its key policy rate by 25 basis points to 5 percent, citing persistent inflation risks from the Middle East conflict, potential El Niño impacts…

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has continued its tightening bias, hiking its key policy rate by another 25 basis points amid persistent upside risks to…


Standard Chartered expects the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to deliver a 50-basis-point rate hike as inflation pressures from the Middle East conflict, El Niño…

The US dollar climbs to its highest level since April as geopolitical tensions with Iran rise and markets boost expectations of a December Fed rate hike, while…

The PSEi closed slightly higher as investors awaited a possible BSP rate hike amid inflation pressures, with mixed sector performance, foreign outflows, and a…

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) held steady above 6,000 as investors awaited a possible Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas rate hike, with bargain hunting,…

Investors remained cautious amid geopolitical and inflation anxieties but the peso perked up, strengthening to P59.97 from the previous P60.115 per dollar as…



The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects inflation in October 2025 to fall within the 1.4% to 2.2% range, remaining below the government’s 2% to 4% target…

Philippine inflation in July 2025 dropped to within BSP’s forecast range, prompting hints at a more accommodative monetary policy amid easing rice prices and…
Inflation in July 2025 eased within BSP’s forecast of 0.5% to 1.3%, driven by falling rice prices. With full-year inflation seen below target, the BSP signaled…


Economists and financial analysts expect the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to ease its policy rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 percent on Thursday.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ green, high-tech complex in New Clark City moves forward as its architectural and engineering design is completed. The…

The BSP Monetary Board lowered the policy rate to 5.5 percent by 25 basis points on 10 April. This was after inflation slid to 1.8 percent in March.

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