BSP raises credit card installment rate ceiling to 1.5%
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has raised the ceiling on monthly add-on rates for credit card installment loans to 1.5 percent from 1 percent, while…
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FDI inflows plunge 19.2% to $4.8 billion in first eight months of 2026
Philippine foreign direct investment (FDI) net inflows fell 19.2 percent year-on-year to $4.8 billion in the first eight months of 2026, as lower intercompany…
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Balisacan: BSP inflation fight must go with growth push
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)’s fight against rapidly rising inflation must complement fiscal policy efforts to restore economic growth, Economy,…
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Bank profits rise 5.2 percent despite mounting bad loans
Philippine banks posted a 5.2 percent increase in combined net profit to P208.5 billion in the first half of 2026, as loan growth and higher interest income…
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Philippine reserves fall to four-year low of $97.4 billion
The country’s gross international reserves (GIR) fell to $97.4 billion at the end of October from $99.5 billion in September, reaching their lowest level in…
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BSP urges central banks to factor AI into policy decisions
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) calls on central banks to integrate AI into monetary policy strategies, highlighting its role in shaping economic…
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BSP: October inflation may reach 8.1 percent
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) forecasts October inflation to rise to between 7.1 and 8.1 percent, potentially surpassing September’s three-year high of…
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Remolona pushes GDP recovery outlook to Q1 2027
Economic growth is expected to begin recovering in the first quarter of 2027 as the government ramps up public spending, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)…
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BSP tightening cycle likely not over, BPI says
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)'s tightening cycle is far from over despite its unprecedented 50-basis-point “jumbo” rate hike last Thursday, with…
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Remolona: BSP not hiking rates to defend peso
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli Remolona Jr. maintained the central bank’s hands-off approach to the Philippine peso, saying it does not use…
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BSP delivers ‘jumbo’ 50-basis-point rate hike
The central bank has now raised rates in its last four monetary policy meetings, bringing its key policy rate to 5.50 percent.
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BSP hikes alone won’t solve inflation, former DOF secretary warns
Another interest rate hike by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) at its 22 October meeting would be an appropriate response to surging inflation, former…
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Growth rebound may give BSP room to hike rates
A rebound in Philippine economic growth in the second half of the year could strengthen the case for further interest rate hikes by the Bangko Sentral ng…
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Foreign reserves fall to three-year low as BOP deficit widens
The Philippines’ gross international reserves (GIR) fell to $99.5 billion at end-September, while the balance of payments (BOP) deficit widened to $9.1 billion…
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Peso slide raises prospect of "jumbo" BSP hike
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BSP may end tightening cycle after next hike – PNB
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may end its monetary policy tightening cycle after its meeting next Thursday, 22 October, following another expected rate…
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OFW cash remittances rise 1.9 percent in August
Cash remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) rose by 1.9 percent year on year to $3.03 billion in August, bringing inflows in the first eight months…
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