Economic imbalances weighing on the peso

The peso fell to P51 versus the dollar on Monday — a near 11-year low — and the currency is expected to remain the region’s worst-performing given growing economic imbalances.

Monday’s result coincided with the release of ANZ Research’s “Philippine Insights” report, which declared that an “intensifying build-up of imbalances” arising from strong economic growth was weighing down the peso.

Already the region’s worst-performing currency, the peso is “likely to remain so in the remainder of the year,” it said.

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