Philippine Daily Inquirer
2:15 am | Friday, May 24th, 2013
The Philippine peso is expected to appreciate further and may hit 37.50 against the US dollar within the next 12 months, according to Goldman Sachs, citing the likelihood of a surge in foreign portfolio investments.
Mark Tan, an executive director for the investment bank, said that the Philippines, together with its neighbors, would attract more foreign “hot money†on the back of rising global liquidity and optimism on Asia.
Also, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is expected to continue buying dollars in the foreign exchange market to avoid a steep appreciation of the peso, Tan said, but its efforts may not be enough to prevent the peso from strengthening beyond the 40-to-a-dollar territory.
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