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[Title] => Policy bias anchored on inflation discipline
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[Title] => Credit stance steady, demand turns supportive
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[Title] => Growth softens on fiscal drag but a 2026 recovery remains plausible
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[Title] => BSP’s monetary board retains policy rate at 6.5%
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[Title] => Supply-side inflation does not need monetary response — NEDA chief
[Summary] => Balisacan told the reporters on Wednesday, that when supply cannot meet growing demand, prices of goods such as rice and the cost of services rise.
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[Title] => BSP caps 2021 with rates steady at record-low
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[Title] => How do you make sense of 4.2% inflation rate?
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[Title] => Economists see rate cut this week
[Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may further ease the country’s monetary policy settings through another 25-basis points rate cut this week as the economy continues to find its way back to higher growth, according to economists.
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[Title] => Reissued T-bonds fetch lower rates
[Summary] => Rates fetched by reissued seven-year Treasury bonds (T-bonds) plunged yesterday amid expectations of monetary policy easing and ample liquidity in the financial system, according to the Bureau of the Treasury.
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[Title] => Growth softens on fiscal drag but a 2026 recovery remains plausible
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[Title] => BSP’s monetary board retains policy rate at 6.5%
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[Title] => Supply-side inflation does not need monetary response — NEDA chief
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[Title] => BSP caps 2021 with rates steady at record-low
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[Title] => How do you make sense of 4.2% inflation rate?
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[AuthorName] => Rose Fres Fausto
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[Title] => Economists see rate cut this week
[Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may further ease the country’s monetary policy settings through another 25-basis points rate cut this week as the economy continues to find its way back to higher growth, according to economists.
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[Title] => Reissued T-bonds fetch lower rates
[Summary] => Rates fetched by reissued seven-year Treasury bonds (T-bonds) plunged yesterday amid expectations of monetary policy easing and ample liquidity in the financial system, according to the Bureau of the Treasury.
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