Commonplace Chartered’s Jonathan Koh and Edward Lee now anticipate Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to maintain its coverage fee unchanged on the 27 August assembly, abandoning a beforehand projected hike. The financial institution trims its 2026 Gross Home Product (GDP) development forecast to three.5% and lowers Shopper Worth Index (CPI) expectations, whereas nonetheless projecting fee cuts in 2027 as soon as inflation falls beneath 4%. BSP rhetoric is predicted to remain hawkish.
BSP seen on maintain however nonetheless hawkish
“We now anticipate Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to maintain its coverage fee unchanged at its 27 August assembly, versus our earlier forecast of a 25bps hike.”
“We keep our view of 25bps of fee cuts in Q2-2027 and Q3-2027 as soon as inflation moderates to beneath 4% in Q2-2027.”
“Consequently, we decrease our end-2026 and end-2027 coverage fee forecasts to 4.75% (5% prior) and 4.25% (4.5% prior), respectively.”
“We decrease our 2026 GDP development forecast to three.5% (4.0% prior) on softer-than-expected development in H1.”
“We additionally revise down our 2026 CPI inflation forecast to five.9% (6.5% prior) on lower-than-expected inflation thus far.”
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