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Awash with dollars from $18 billion in overseas Filipino workers’ (OFW) remittances a year, the Philippine economy is now afflicted with the Dutch Disease, a malady that sees the decline of local industries, fuels an overvalued peso, makes exports costly and imports cheap and results in jobless growth.

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The country’s balance of payments (BOP) plummeted into a $67-million deficit in November, bringing the year-to-date position to a slightly lower surplus of $7.782 billion.

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Awash with dollars from $18 billion in overseas Filipino workers’ (OFW) remittances a year, the Philippine economy is now afflicted with the Dutch Disease, a malady that sees the decline of local industries, fuels an overvalued peso, makes exports costly and imports cheap and results in jobless growth.

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The country’s balance of payments (BOP) plummeted into a $67-million deficit in November, bringing the year-to-date position to a slightly lower surplus of $7.782 billion.

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By Boo Chanco | November 21, 2007 - 12:00am
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