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monetary policy

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on monetary policy.

  3. FEDERAL Reserve chair Kevin Warsh (left) said inflation remained too elevated due to the Middle East conflict, prompting the Fed to hike rates for the first time in three years, for reasons similar to those cited by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Eli Remolona Jr. for the BSP’s three rate hikes this year.

    Fed hike narrows gap with BSP policy rate

    US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh justified the interest rate hike — the first since 2023 — saying inflation is too high and had persisted for too long,…

    3 MIN READ

  4. BSP hikes rates again, cites risks outside Gulf

    BSP hikes rates again, cites risks outside Gulf

    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…

    2 MIN READ

  5. EMILION Neri Jr., lead economist at the Bank of the Philippine Islands.

    BSP may keep tightening bias — BPI

    BPI economist Emilio Neri Jr. expects the BSP to maintain its tightening bias as inflation remains elevated, with weather disturbances, Middle East tensions…

    2 MIN READ

  6. Managing costs of economic scarring

    Managing costs of economic scarring

    Their models suggest that average inflation will continue to be above target in 2026 and 2027, and that it will only normalize in 2028.

    3 MIN READ