Interest rate cut in the Philippines not yet in the picture — DOF secretary

July 24, 2023 - 1:33 PM
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Benjamin Diokno
Finance Secretary then Bangko Sentral Governor Benjamin Diokno in this photo uploaded on BSP's official Facebook page on Oct. 12, 2021. (Photo from Facebook/Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)

 An interest rate cut in the Philippines “is not yet in the picture,” Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Monday.

Diokno, who is a member of the seven-person policy making monetary board, told ANC news channel, the central bank “may maintain the current (policy) rate” at 6.25% PHCBIR=ECI even if inflation was on an easing trend.

—Reporting by Karen Lema