THE Philippine economy remains strong despite a weakening peso, the Finance department said on Friday as it blamed the depreciation on outside factors such as a brewing trade war between the United States and China.
“Exchange rate movements — whether depreciation or appreciation — should not be taken as a sign of structural weakness in the economy,” the department said in its latest economic bulletin.
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