The Freeman•14h ago
The price of money: Surviving 5.50%
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has fired its biggest gun. A jumbo 50-basis-point hike to 5.50% with headline inflation at 7.2% and the peso on its back is not tightening.
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