BOP deficit widens to $2.7 billion as GIRs continue to rise
The Philippines’ balance of payments (BOP) recorded a deficit of $2.3 billion in February 2026, bringing the cumulative shortfall for the first two months of…
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The Philippines’ balance of payments (BOP) recorded a deficit of $2.3 billion in February 2026, bringing the cumulative shortfall for the first two months of…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is closely monitoring developments in the Middle East ahead of the Monetary Board’s next meeting in April, as analysts…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is closely monitoring developments in the Middle East ahead of the Monetary Board’s next meeting in April, as analysts…
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The Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday welcomed a ruling by the Supreme Court (SC) affirming the validity of a department circular that raised the standard…
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Cash remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) reached $3.02 billion in January 2026, up 3.5 percent from $2.92 billion in the same month last year,…
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The Philippines’ balance of payments (BOP) position registered a $5.7-billion deficit in 2025, equivalent to 1.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP),…
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The Philippines’ outstanding external debt declined slightly in the fourth quarter of 2025, while key indicators of debt sustainability improved, according to…
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Filipinos now have more ways to open Personal Equity and Retirement Accounts (PERA) as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expands a pilot program that…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has been recognized by the London-based organization Central Banking with the 2026 Reserve Manager Award.
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Filipinos now have more ways to open Personal Equity and Retirement Accounts (PERA) as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expands a pilot program that…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has been recognized at the Central Banking Awards 2026 for modernizing how it manages the country’s foreign exchange…
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Foreign direct investments (FDIs) plummeted to a five-year low in 2025 as governance concerns weighed on foreign investor sentiment, according to the latest…
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NEW YORK — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is considering raising interest rates as tensions in the Middle East continue to weigh on global markets and…
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Domestic liquidity (M3) — the amount of money circulating within the Philippine economy — grew by 8.6 percent year-on-year in January, based on preliminary…
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The gross international reserves (GIR) climbed to a new record high of $112.7 billion as of the end of February, strengthening the country’s external liquidity…
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Banks must deploy stronger fraud management systems capable of detecting suspicious transactions in real time.
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February inflation rose to 2.4 percent, a figure the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said it will closely monitor as elevated oil prices linked to the…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has raised the threshold for cash withdrawals that trigger enhanced due diligence (EDD) to P1 million from P500,000, in a…
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