BOP POSTS US$415 MILLION DEFICIT IN APRIL 2022
END-APRIL GIR AT US$105.4 BILLION
The country’s overall balance of payments (BOP) position posted a deficit of US$415 million in April 2022, a reversal from the US$2.61 billion BOP surplus recorded in the same month last year. The BOP deficit in April 2022 reflected outflows mainly from the National Government’s (NG) foreign currency withdrawals from its deposits with the BSP as the NG settled its foreign currency debt obligations and paid for various expenditures.
Notwithstanding the deficit in April, the cumulative BOP position registered a surplus of US$79 million in the first four months of the year. This level is a reversal from the US$231 million deficit recorded in the same period a year ago. Based on preliminary data, the cumulative BOP surplus reflected inflows that stemmed mainly from personal remittances, net foreign borrowings by the NG, and foreign direct investments.
The gross international reserves (GIR) level declined to US$105.4 billion as of end-April 2022 from US$107.31 billion as of end-March 2022. Nonetheless, the latest GIR level represents a more than adequate external liquidity buffer equivalent to 9.3 months’ worth of imports of goods and payments of services and primary income.[1] Moreover, it is also about 6.7 times the country’s short-term external debt based on original maturity and 4.5 times based on residual maturity.
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