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[Title] => BOP deficit widens to $2.64 billion in March
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[Title] => BOP shortfall widens to $2.3 billion in February
[Summary] => The country’s balance of payments position swung to a $2.3-billion deficit in February, as wider external payments tied to the trade deficit and foreign debt obligations weighed on the country’s external position.
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[Title] => BOP shortfall narrows to $373 million
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[Title] => BOP swings to $5.66 billion deficit in 2025
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[Title] => BOP gap narrows in November
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[Title] => Philippines posts smaller BOP surplus in September
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[Title] => BOP swings to surplus on higher BSP income
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[Title] => Philippines incurs $167 million BOP deficit in July
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