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Peso Ticks Higher, BSP Meeting On Tap This Week

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Spot USD/PHP deals -0.057 at PHP52.400 amid improvement in broader risk sentiment. Bears eye the 50-DMA, which intersects at PHP52.141, for initial support. Conversely, topside focus falls on familiar key resistance from PHP52.500.

  • USD/PHP 1-month NDF unch. at PHP52.630. Bears see the 50-DMA at PHP52.384 as their initial target, bulls look to a swing past May 9 high of PHP53.250.
  • The Philippines raised the minimum daily wage in Metro Manila by PHP33 to protect low earners against rising costs of living. Labour Sec Bello said hearings on similar petitions in other regions are currently being conducted.
  • Calls for a rate hike from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas this week are growing louder after the release of expectation-beating GDP data last week and amid mounting price pressures. Governor Diokno will announce the rate decision on Thursday.

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