The fact that the central bank in the Philippines (BSP) left its main policy rate on hold at 2.00% today, despite the very weak state of the economy, suggests further easing is unlikely. While we are now taking out the cuts we had pencilled into our forecast for this year, we think rate hikes are unlikely until 2023.
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