Philippine central bank governor defends FX policy
By not rolling over its FX forward book, the Bangko Central ng Pilipinas caused a dislocation between money market rates and the official policy rate. Observers feel this could damage faith in the monetary transmission mechanism, but governor Amando Tetangco Jr argues it was necessary to combat FX volatility.
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